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Re: how to call a function for evry 10 secs

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  Re: how to call a function for evry 10 secs Rune <rune.strand@gmail.com> - 2011-07-01 23:53 -0700

#8659 — Re: how to call a function for evry 10 secs

>Dennis Lee Bieber: 
> 	Timer() is a one-shot; per the OPs requirements even it would need
> to be placed within a loop to invoke multiple calls -- so there isn't
> much gain in terms of lines of code... And worse, since it calls the
> function asynchronously and not sequentially, a delay time for each
> instance would have to be computed inside the loop too...

The first/last task for the called function may be to instantiate a new Timer - depending on what "every 10 secs" means. The OP does not detail his actual problem, so I can't see that the async/sequential issue.

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