from time import sleep; class SleepyClass: def __init__(self): print "Sleeping in __init__" print "Sleep returned "+str(sleep(0.01)) def doSleep(self, param): x = 42 print "Sleeping for .01 seconds" print "Sleep returned "+str(sleep(0.01)) print "Woke up; x = " + str(x) print "param = " + str(param) sleeper = SleepyClass() sleeper.doSleep(7)