timer_is_proxy

Arguments

Returns

The passed argument (t or nil).

Description

This function controls how timers are fundamentally handled within Gamma. By default, timers are handled by the processing of proxies which allows Gamma to delay the timer, if necessary, if a critical system process is occurring.

Calling timer_is_proxy with nil makes all timers operate by using signals. In the QNX 4 operating system SIGUSER1 (SIGALRM?) is used, and the attach code is run as a handled signal.

Running timers via signals has some very dramatic consequences. When running in this mode ALL TIMER CODE MUST BE SIGNAL SAFE.

Example

    Gamma> timer_is_proxy (nil);
    nil
    Gamma> timer_is_proxy (t);
    t
    Gamma> 
    		

See Also

every, at, after, block_timers, nunblock_timers, cancel