Re: window.setTimeout

Manni Schneiderbauer <[email protected]> Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:04:01 +0200
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Gecko internally allows a minimum delay value of 15 ms, even if you give 
it a 0, to avoid settimeouts eating up the whole CPU time. Probably the 
other browsers have such a minimum delay too.

Regards,
Manni

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [email protected] 
>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of levon ghazaryan
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 12:23
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: [wdf-dom] window.setTimeout
>>
>> Hi List Members,
>>
>> does anybody have an idea why the following code may take longer than
>> a few seconds (less than 10) but rather longer than a minute to
>> execute?
>>
>> function examineALotOfStuff = function (i)
>> {
>> if (i == undefined) i = 0;
>> else i++;
>>
>> if (i < 10000)
>> {
>> window.setTimeout(
>> function ()
>> {
>> examineALotOfStuff(i);
>> },
>> 0
>> );
>> }
>> else
>> {
>> alert(i);
>> }
>> }
>>
>> wbw,
>> ~levon
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            <p>Gecko internally allows a minimum delay value of 15 ms, even if you give <br>
it a 0, to avoid settimeouts eating up the whole CPU time. Probably the <br>
other browsers have such a minimum delay too.<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
Manni<br>
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&gt;&gt; -----Original Message-----<br>
&gt;&gt; From: <a href="mailto:wdf-dom%40yahoogroups.com">wdf-dom@yahoogroups<wbr>.com</a> <br>
&gt;&gt; [mailto:<a href="mailto:wdf-dom%40yahoogroups.com">wdf-dom@yahoogroups<wbr>.com</a>] On Behalf Of levon ghazaryan<br>
&gt;&gt; Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 12:23<br>
&gt;&gt; To: <a href="mailto:wdf-dom%40yahoogroups.com">wdf-dom@yahoogroups<wbr>.com</a><br>
&gt;&gt; Subject: [wdf-dom] window.setTimeout<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; Hi List Members,<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; does anybody have an idea why the following code may take longer than<br>
&gt;&gt; a few seconds (less than 10) but rather longer than a minute to<br>
&gt;&gt; execute?<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; function examineALotOfStuff = function (i)<br>
&gt;&gt; {<br>
&gt;&gt; if (i == undefined) i = 0;<br>
&gt;&gt; else i&#43;+;<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; if (i &lt; 10000)<br>
&gt;&gt; {<br>
&gt;&gt; window.setTimeout(<br>
&gt;&gt; function ()<br>
&gt;&gt; {<br>
&gt;&gt; examineALotOfStuff(<wbr>i);<br>
&gt;&gt; },<br>
&gt;&gt; 0<br>
&gt;&gt; );<br>
&gt;&gt; }<br>
&gt;&gt; else<br>
&gt;&gt; {<br>
&gt;&gt; alert(i);<br>
&gt;&gt; }<br>
&gt;&gt; }<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; wbw,<br>
&gt;&gt; ~levon<br>
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