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| From | Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> |
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| Subject | Re: Coord timed events |
| Date | Thu, 17 Jun 2021 11:20:49 +0100 |
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Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> writes: > On 17/06/2021 11:06 am, Ben Bacarisse wrote: >> Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> writes: >> >>> I need to trigger up to 12 "events" with timings a user sets. The >>> timings (in seconds) could be anything from 0 to, say, 300. >>> >>> One way I though to handle them was to: put the timings into an array, >>> sort the array (from lowest to highest), loop over the array and call >>> setTimeout on each one. >> Hmm... Why not just call setTimeout without sorting them? I must be >> missing some key part of the problem... > > If I have 12 setTimeout waiting to happen and the user gives focus to > a different "component" I'll need to clear all the setTimeout. There's no way someone could know that from your original question! That's why I said I must be missing something. You have other constraints -- either imposed by previous design decisions or just from how you want to do things -- that make the obvious solution unattractive. If you could list the constraints, or at least say what it is you are actually doing, you might get some helpful suggestions. -- Ben.
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Re: Coord timed events Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2021-06-17 02:06 +0100
Re: Coord timed events Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2021-06-17 13:17 +1000
Re: Coord timed events Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2021-06-17 11:20 +0100
Re: Coord timed events Scott Sauyet <scott@sauyet.com> - 2021-06-17 13:21 -0700
Re: Coord timed events Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2021-06-18 11:03 +1000
Re: Coord timed events Jonas Thörnvall <jonas.thornvall@gmail.com> - 2021-06-20 23:40 -0700
Re: Coord timed events Jonas Thörnvall <jonas.thornvall@gmail.com> - 2021-06-20 23:48 -0700
Re: Coord timed events Jonas Thörnvall <jonas.thornvall@gmail.com> - 2021-06-23 12:11 -0700
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