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Functions

void gras_timer_delay (double delay, void_f_void_t action)
 Request action to be called once in delay seconds.
void gras_timer_repeat (double interval, void_f_void_t action)
 Request action to be called every interval seconds.
void gras_timer_cancel_delay (double interval, void_f_void_t action)
 Cancel a delayed task.
void gras_timer_cancel_repeat (double interval, void_f_void_t action)
 Cancel a repetitive task.
void gras_timer_cancel_delay_all (void)
 Cancel all delayed tasks.
void gras_timer_cancel_repeat_all (void)
 Cancel all repetitive tasks.
void gras_timer_cancel_all (void)
 Cancel all delayed and repetitive tasks.

Detailed Description

Delayed and repetitive tasks.

This is how to have a specific function called only once after the specified amount of time or a function executed every 5 mn until it gets removed. In the UNIX world, this is comparable to at and cron.

Note that this is very soft timers: the execution of the processes won't get interrupted at all. This is on purpose: the GRAS programming model is distributed sequential, so that users don't have to deal with mutexes and such within a specific process.

Timers are served by the gras_handle() function: if there is an elapsed timer, the associated code gets executed before any incomming connexion are checked.

The section Some timer games constitutes a perfect example of these features.


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