A reschedulable setTimeout library for JavaScript
npm install @jil/retimer> A reschedulable setTimeout library for JavaScript. This library is built for building a keep alive functionality
> across a large numbers of clients/sockets.
>
> Forked from retimer
``
npm install @jil/retimer --save
`ts
import {retimer} from '@jil/retimer';
const timer = retimer(() => {
throw new Error('this should never get called!');
}, 20);
setTimeout(() => {
timer.reschedule(50);
setTimeout(() => {
timer.clear();
}, 10);
}, 10);
`
Exactly like your beloved setTimeout. Returns a Retimer object
Reschedule the timer. Retimer will not gove any performance benefit if the specified timeout comes before the
original timeout.
Clear the timer, like your beloved clearTimeout`.
Timers are stored in a Linked List in node.js, if you create a lot of timers this Linked List becomes massive which
makes removing a timer an expensive operation. Retimer let the old timer run at its time, and schedule a new one
accordingly, when the new one is after the original timeout. There is no performance gain when the new timeout is
before the original one as retimer will just remove the previous timer.
MIT