From e06ec920f7a5d784e674c4c4b4e6d1da3dc7391d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Piotr Russ Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2020 00:10:28 +0100 Subject: api, login, auth --- node_modules/timers-browserify/README.md | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 40 insertions(+) create mode 100644 node_modules/timers-browserify/README.md (limited to 'node_modules/timers-browserify/README.md') diff --git a/node_modules/timers-browserify/README.md b/node_modules/timers-browserify/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c7efa19 --- /dev/null +++ b/node_modules/timers-browserify/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ +# Overview + +Adds support for the `timers` module to browserify. + +## Wait, isn't it already supported in the browser? + +The public methods of the `timers` module are: + +* `setTimeout(callback, delay, [arg], [...])` +* `clearTimeout(timeoutId)` +* `setInterval(callback, delay, [arg], [...])` +* `clearInterval(intervalId)` + +and indeed, browsers support these already. + +## So, why does this exist? + +The `timers` module also includes some private methods used in other built-in +Node.js modules: + +* `enroll(item, delay)` +* `unenroll(item)` +* `active(item)` + +These are used to efficiently support a large quantity of timers with the same +timeouts by creating only a few timers under the covers. + +Node.js also offers the `immediate` APIs, which aren't yet available cross-browser, so we polyfill those: + +* `setImmediate(callback, [arg], [...])` +* `clearImmediate(immediateId)` + +## I need lots of timers and want to use linked list timers as Node.js does. + +Linked lists are efficient when you have thousands (millions?) of timers with the same delay. +Take a look at [timers-browserify-full](https://www.npmjs.com/package/timers-browserify-full) in this case. + +# License + +[MIT](http://jryans.mit-license.org/) -- cgit v1.2.3