[Twisted-Python] Scalability of timers

[exarkun at twistedmatrix.com]

On 09:38 pm, tobias.oberstein at tavendo.de wrote:
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>What I am after is to explicitly _control_ the maximum syscall rate to 
>select() - not simply max. out the box on syscall rate.
>
>Like: limit syscall rate to select() at 1000Hz - regardless how many 
>timers I issue per second.

In other words:

If you ask Twisted to wake up N times per second, is there an API to 
make Twisted wake up M (M<N) times per second instead?

Is that what you're looking for?

Jean-Paul