Re: setInterval

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From	Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de>
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Subject	Re: setInterval
Date	Tue, 07 Feb 2017 21:54:29 +0100
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Julio Di Egidio wrote:

> […] Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
>> If something is to occur repeatedly in equal time *intervals*, then it
>> might be better (depends on the use-case) and is certainly easier to call
>> window.setInterval() once instead of window.setTimeout() several times.
>> window.clearInterval() could then be called once the number of desired
>> calls of the user-defined function has been reached.
> 
> The rule of thumb and suggestion is to always use setTimeout (except maybe
> for the very simplest cases, where it does not matter):

I did say that it depends on the use-case, did I not?

> the reason being that with setInterval one has to make sure that the
> interval delay is not shorter than the job that has to be executed at
> every interval, otherwise the browser chokes,

Which browser, and how so?

> and the way of ensuring that is to use setTimout instead...

Depends.  JFYI: You are preaching to the choir.  I have advocated 
window.setTimeout() for years here, *for specific purposes*.

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setInterval jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2017-02-05 23:26 -0800
  Re: setInterval jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2017-02-05 23:30 -0800
    Re: setInterval jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2017-02-06 00:17 -0800
      Re: setInterval jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2017-02-06 00:24 -0800
        Re: setInterval jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2017-02-06 00:36 -0800
          Re: setInterval jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2017-02-06 01:10 -0800
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              Re: setInterval Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2017-02-06 14:10 +0000
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                Re: setInterval Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2017-02-06 21:12 +0000
                Re: setInterval Silvio <silvio@internet.com> - 2017-02-06 22:15 +0100
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                Re: setInterval "Julio P. Di Egidio" <julio@diegidio.name> - 2017-02-07 06:22 +0100
                Re: setInterval jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2017-02-06 22:09 -0800
                Re: setInterval Julio Di Egidio <julio@diegidio.name> - 2017-02-06 22:27 -0800
                Re: setInterval jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2017-02-06 22:45 -0800
                Re: setInterval Jake Jarvis <pig_in_shoes@yahoo.com> - 2017-02-07 11:13 +0100
                Re: setInterval Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2017-02-07 17:23 +0100
                Re: setInterval Julio Di Egidio <julio@diegidio.name> - 2017-02-07 11:54 -0800
                Re: setInterval Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2017-02-07 21:54 +0100
                Re: setInterval Julio Di Egidio <julio@diegidio.name> - 2017-02-07 13:50 -0800
                Re: setInterval Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2017-02-07 23:19 +0100
                Re: setInterval Julio Di Egidio <julio@diegidio.name> - 2017-02-07 15:33 -0800
                Re: setInterval Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2017-02-09 00:23 +0100
                Re: setInterval "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2017-02-07 11:33 +0100
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                Re: setInterval "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2017-02-06 23:24 +0100
                Re: setInterval Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2017-02-07 04:36 +0100
            Re: setInterval Silvio <silvio@internet.com> - 2017-02-06 16:13 +0100
              Re: setInterval jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2017-02-06 12:10 -0800
                Re: setInterval jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2017-02-06 12:27 -0800
                Re: setInterval "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2017-02-06 23:16 +0100
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                Re: setInterval Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2017-02-06 21:25 +0000
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      Re: setInterval jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2017-02-06 11:06 -0800
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