Restrict Input when time.sleep is running in python?

Question

Is there a way to restrict user to input something in the console while time.sleep is running?

I tried this code and its working but i wondered if there is another way to do this:

import threading
import os
import time
import sys


print("Wait a moment")
def clearer():
    c = 0
    d = 5000
    while d != c:
        print("         ", end="")
        time.sleep(0.001)
        print("\r = ", end="")
        c += 1

a = threading.Thread(target=clearer, args=())
a.start()
a.join()
os.system('clear')
print("Good Job")
sys.exit()

Answer 1

Another Way
Yeah I find another way...
It's by using curses modules

import time
import curses
import os

screen = curses.initscr()

def stop(curse):
    curses.curs_set(0)
    print("Wait a moment...")
    time.sleep(2)
    curses.flushinp()

curses.wrapper(stop)
os.system('clear')
curses.curs_set(1)
print("Thanks you for waiting")
a = input("Type something: ")
curses.wrapper(stop)
os.system('clear')
print(a)

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