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[IMPR] a wait time may be given with -simulate option

This is a more realistic simulation because it simulates a delay for
each write action.

Change-Id: I3fa4b5f430e8d59a5648eb89cb6042b752f1d809
---
M pywikibot/bot.py
M pywikibot/data/api.py
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/pywikibot/bot.py b/pywikibot/bot.py
index 1dc7855..ca6af38 100644
--- a/pywikibot/bot.py
+++ b/pywikibot/bot.py
@@ -210,6 +210,8 @@
 -simulate         Disables writing to the server. Useful for testing and
                   debugging of new code (if given, doesn't do any real
                   changes, but only shows what would have been changed).
+                  An integer or float value may be given to simulate a
+                  processing time; the bot just waits for given seconds.
 
 -<config var>:n   You may use all given numeric config variables as option and
                   modify it with command line.
@@ -839,7 +841,7 @@
             output('NOTE: option cosmetic_changes is %s\n'
                    % config.cosmetic_changes)
         elif option == '-simulate':
-            config.simulate = True
+            config.simulate = value or True
         #
         #  DEBUG control:
         #
diff --git a/pywikibot/data/api.py b/pywikibot/data/api.py
index 8a80457..28b64e4 100644
--- a/pywikibot/data/api.py
+++ b/pywikibot/data/api.py
@@ -1592,6 +1592,9 @@
             pywikibot.output(color_format(
                 '{lightyellow}SIMULATION: {0} action blocked.{default}',
                 action))
+            # for more realistic simulation
+            if config.simulate is not True:
+                pywikibot.sleep(float(config.simulate))
             return {action: {'result': 'Success', 'nochange': ''}}
 
     def _is_wikibase_error_retryable(self, error):

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