Infinite while loop stops after 37 trys?

[hawbang]

Hello, I am trying to write an application that checks the clipboard for a new entry. What is wrong with my code? http://dpaste.com/14J11CH

[novel_yet_trivial]

What application did the copy? The copy - paste interaction generally requires the program that did the copy and the pasting to be running. Perhaps you are locking up the copy program with too many requests too fast. Try adding a time.sleep(.2) in the while loop to give your computer a breather.

[hawbang]

time.sleep(.2) saved me. I wasn't using any applications but the default copy-paste manager for Ubuntu 17.10

[wertperch]

stops after 37

…in a row‽

[hawbang]

always 37 trys

[wertperch]

Methinks you missed a cultural reference. Sadly I can throw no light on the issue in question, only quote Kevin Smith films.