Re: setInterval

Newsgroups	comp.lang.javascript
Subject	Re: setInterval
From	"Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net>
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Date	2017-02-06 23:45 +0100
Message-ID	<XnsA714F1B9B8051eejj99@194.109.6.166> (permalink)

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jonas.thornvall@gmail.com wrote on 06 Feb 2017 in comp.lang.javascript:

> Den måndag 6 februari 2017 kl. 23:16:46 UTC+1 skrev Evertjan.:
>> jonas.thornvall@gmail.com wrote on 06 Feb 2017 in comp.lang.javascript:
>> 
>> > if setInteval looks like a function, shouldn't it fucking work like a
>> > function, doing its thing until some conditon set? 
>> 
>> setInteval is not a function, setInterval() is, mind your spelling.
>> 
>> Things do not work because they look like something in JS, but because th
> ey 
>> are developed to do something that is described in the specs.
>> 
>> Did you read the fucking specs? 
>> And did you try to understand them?
>> 
>> =================
>> 
>> Btw, the function setTimeout() is much easier for your task,
>> because it only fires once, 
>> so [usually] you do not have to stop it,
>> so then you can use it as a statement in stead of a function,
>> because you do not need a pointer to it,
>> that needs global or in-scope storage.
> 
> So you say setTimeout() in a loop would be easier ***for me***?

As long as YOU think you are incredebly stupid, perhaps yes. 

But more in general as setTimeout() does not keep firing away,
you do not have to store a pointer to it to stop the firing,
so you you do not fall into the traps of wrong scoped var-ing.

-- 
Evertjan.
The Netherlands.
(Please change the x'es to dots in my emailaddress)

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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
            Re: setInterval jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2017-02-06 01:20 -0800
              Re: setInterval Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2017-02-06 14:10 +0000
                Re: setInterval jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2017-02-06 11:25 -0800
                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
                Re: setInterval jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2017-02-06 14:17 -0800
                Re: setInterval "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2017-02-06 23:50 +0100
                Re: setInterval jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2017-02-06 20:57 -0800
                Re: setInterval jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2017-02-06 21:15 -0800
                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
                Re: setInterval "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2017-02-06 23:28 +0100
                Re: setInterval "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2017-02-06 23:26 +0100
                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
                Re: setInterval jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2017-02-06 14:28 -0800
                Re: setInterval "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2017-02-06 23:45 +0100
                Re: setInterval Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2017-02-06 21:25 +0000
                Re: setInterval "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2017-02-06 23:19 +0100
  Re: setInterval JJ <jj4public@vfemail.net> - 2017-02-06 20:07 +0700
    Re: setInterval "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2017-02-06 16:00 +0100
      Re: setInterval jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2017-02-06 11:06 -0800
        Re: setInterval "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2017-02-06 23:08 +0100
          Re: setInterval jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2017-02-06 14:26 -0800
            Re: setInterval "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2017-02-06 23:41 +0100

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