remove pause

arcade/__init__.py

@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ def configure_logging(level: Optional[int] = None):
 from .window_commands import finish_render
 from .window_commands import get_display_size
 from .window_commands import get_window
-from .window_commands import pause
 from .window_commands import schedule
 from .window_commands import run
 from .window_commands import set_background_color
@@ -352,7 +351,6 @@ def configure_logging(level: Optional[int] = None):
     'make_soft_circle_texture',
     'make_soft_square_texture',
     'open_window',
-    'pause',
     'print_timings',
     'play_sound',
     'read_tmx',

arcade/window_commands.py

@@ -6,15 +6,13 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import gc
-import time
 import os
 
 import pyglet
 
 from typing import (
     Callable,
     Optional,
-    cast,
     Tuple,
     TYPE_CHECKING
 )
@@ -28,7 +26,6 @@
 
 __all__ = [
     "get_display_size",
-    "pause",
     "get_window",
     "set_window",
     "set_viewport",
@@ -58,20 +55,6 @@ def get_display_size(screen_id: int = 0) -> Tuple[int, int]:
     return screen.width, screen.height
 
 
-def pause(seconds: float) -> None:
-    """
-    Pause for the specified number of seconds. This is a convenience function that just calls time.sleep().
-
-    .. Warning::
-
-        This is mostly used for unit tests and is not likely to be
-        a good solution for pausing an application or game.
-
-    :param seconds: Time interval to pause in seconds.
-    """
-    time.sleep(cast(float, seconds))
-
-
 def get_window() -> "Window":
     """
     Return a handle to the current window.

tests/unit/window/test_window.py

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import pytest
+import time
 
 import arcade
 import pyglet
@@ -53,6 +54,6 @@ def f():
         pass
 
     arcade.schedule(f, 1/60)
-    arcade.pause(0.01)
+    time.sleep(0.01)
     arcade.unschedule(f)
     window.test()