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Re: Euphoria's "sleep(0)" call

• Posted by Al Getz <Xaxo at aol.com> Sep 25, 2005
• 459 views

Juergen Luethje wrote:
> 
> Al Getz wrote:
> 
> > In misc.e, sleep(0) is wrapped to return if x is zero (0).
> 
> I think that was the case in Eu versions prior to 2.5.
> 
> > In WinAPI, sleep(0) yields control to another process.
> > What im wondering is, if we change the code to allow the
> > 'machine' function to allow the call even with zero (0)
> 
> This is already the case in Eu 2.5. In 'misc.e' it reads:
> 
> }}}
<eucode>
> global procedure sleep(integer t)
> -- go to sleep for t seconds
> -- allowing (on WIN32 and Linux) other processes to run
>     if t >= 0 then
> 	machine_proc(M_SLEEP, t)
>     end if
> end procedure
> </eucode>
{{{

> 
> > will it yield control like the Win API call or no?
> 
> I don't know.
> 
> Regards,
>    Juergen
> 
> 

Oh yes, v2.5 has the update.  I was looking at v2.4's misc.e  :)


Take care,
Al

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