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December 8, 2011 10:55
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Syncronous (safe) setInterval()
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// Syncronous setInterval | |
// Usage: | |
// var interval = new SyncInterval(function () { | |
// console.log('bob'); | |
// }, 500); | |
// interval.stop(); | |
// Written by Luke Morton, Richard Willis | |
function SyncInterval(fn, wait, scope) { | |
var t = this; | |
wait = wait || 1000; | |
t.timeout = setTimeout(function () { | |
fn.call(scope); | |
t.timeout = setTimeout(arguments.callee, wait); | |
}, wait); | |
} | |
SyncInterval.prototype.stop = function () { | |
clearTimeout(this.timeout); | |
}; |
Hey @drpheltright, it might be worth reverting the arguments.callee call, and instead naming the function. (It appears arguments.callee is deprecated and won't work in strict mode, see http://ejohn.org/blog/ecmascript-5-strict-mode-json-and-more/)
t.timeout = setTimeout(function timer() {
fn.call(scope);
t.timeout = setTimeout(timer, wait);
}, wait);
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Aye very cool :)