Module: @accessors-hosts/common/sync-atom

Timed events are delayed callbacks, scheduled using setTimeout or setInterval. This module offers variants of setTimeout, clearTimeout, setInterval, clearInterval, and reset that enforce a synchronous semantics for timed events. Synchronization between timed events entails the following two properties: (1) A timed event that is released from within another timed event that occurred at T=tau, will occur precisely at T=tau+timeout. (2) Any two events t1, t2, with intervals i1, i2, that are released from within the same function will occur precisely at T=tau+i2 and T=tau+i2, respectively. The value of tau will approximate the wallclock time of the first-released event. At common multiples of i1 and i2, t1 and t2 will execute simultenously i.e., in order of their release, and with no logical time elapsing until both have executed. In the rare case the same function happens to execute multiple times consequtively, without some timed event occurring in between, all releases in that series will be scheduled with respect to the same tau. Note that this situation can only arise trough rapidly succeeding asynchronous callbacks. When precise timing is desired, this scenario must be avoided.

WARNING: this implementation will only work correctly if the JavaScript execution environment provides a working implementation of Function.caller. Also see: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Function/caller Function.caller is supported by: Chrome, Firefox Gecko 1.0, IE 8, Opera, Safari, which includes the mobile version of these respective browsers. Function.caller will not work in strict mode.

Timed events are delayed callbacks, scheduled using setTimeout or setInterval. This module offers variants of setTimeout, clearTimeout, setInterval, clearInterval, and reset that enforce a synchronous semantics for timed events. Synchronization between timed events entails the following two properties: (1) A timed event that is released from within another timed event that occurred at T=tau, will occur precisely at T=tau+timeout. (2) Any two events t1, t2, with intervals i1, i2, that are released from within the same function will occur precisely at T=tau+i2 and T=tau+i2, respectively. The value of tau will approximate the wallclock time of the first-released event. At common multiples of i1 and i2, t1 and t2 will execute simultenously i.e., in order of their release, and with no logical time elapsing until both have executed. In the rare case the same function happens to execute multiple times consequtively, without some timed event occurring in between, all releases in that series will be scheduled with respect to the same tau. Note that this situation can only arise trough rapidly succeeding asynchronous callbacks. When precise timing is desired, this scenario must be avoided.

WARNING: this implementation will only work correctly if the JavaScript execution environment provides a working implementation of Function.caller. Also see: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Function/caller Function.caller is supported by: Chrome, Firefox Gecko 1.0, IE 8, Opera, Safari, which includes the mobile version of these respective browsers. Function.caller will not work in strict mode.