Lua timer

Lua timer library. Provides TimerPool class to manage timers.

timer.dcall(delay, f, ...) -> timer

Delayed call using default timer pool, see TimerPool:dcall for details.

timer.update(clock = os.clock)

Update default timer pool.

timer.remove(timer)

Removes timer from default timer pool.

timer.reset(clock = os.clock)

Sets default pool clock time and updates timers activation time.

TimerPool.new(clock = 0)

Create new timer pool with clock time.

TimerPool:dcall(delay, f, ...) -> timer

Delayed call, calls f with arguments after specified delay. Returns new timer, which can be used as argument to remove. If calling f returned nothing or first value is nil then timer stops. Otherwise f will be called with returned values after delay.

local pool = TimerPool()
local t = pool:dcall(1, function(count)
	if count > 0 then
		print("Doing stuff")
		return count - 1
	end
end, 5) 
pool:update(5) -- will print "Doing stuff" 5 times

TimerPool:update(clock)

Updates pool clock time. Checks timers clock and call associated functions if timer clock >= pool clock. Note that it's possible that time step is so big that timer triggers multiple times (see example above).

TimerPool:remove(timer)

Removes timer from pool.

TimerPool:reset(clock)

Sets pool clock time and updates timers activation time.

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