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[Václav Šmilauer <eudoxos@xxxxxxxx>]

> is it possible to call an engine inside another engine in python? For
> instance, can I use PeriodicPythonRunner to define a function that
having
> satisfied a certain condition (say after tot iterations) call an engine
> (say
> apply a force)?
Hi Chiara, engines are callable objects (define the __call__ method), so
you can call them with (): 

forceEngine=ForceEngine(...)
forceEngine()
# ForceEngine(...)() would also work

You can make the forceEngine a variable so that the engine is not
constructed every time.

Cheers, Vaclav