setInterval Bug?

[espruino-discuss]

Posted at 2014-08-20 by user47955

If I run the following code the setInterval fires straight away and continuously, it should only fire every hour:

function test(){
  console.log("Test Function");
}

setInterval(test, 60*60*1000);

If you change it to this so that it only runs every 24 hours it works OK:

function test(){
  console.log("Test Function");
}

setInterval(test, 24*60*60*1000);

Is this a bug?

[espruino-discuss]

Posted at 2014-08-20 by DrAzzy

What version of Espruino are you using? There was a bug in setInterval fixed in v68.

See also
espruino/Espruino#416
(I suspect it effects intervals as well)

[gfwilliams]

Posted at 2014-08-21 by @gfwilliams

Yes, that'll be the problem... And while your 24 hour delay doesn't run non-stop, it is unlikely to have the right delay.

I only found out about it on Friday a few hours before I went on a week's holiday, so there wasn't time to fix it. I'll see if I can get something done tomorrow. In the mean time I'm afraid you'll have to use shorter delays (10 minutes?) and a counter...

[espruino-discuss]

Posted at 2014-08-21 by user47955

Many thanks for the replies.

I am using 1v69.

I can wait until it is fixed, no worries.

[gfwilliams]

Posted at 2014-08-25 by @gfwilliams

It's now fixed, and will be in the 1v70 release (which will be out in 2 weeks).

If you can't wait, you can get the binary from:

http://www.espruino.com/binaries/git/commits/67adc8b39dec7c7f6c3ab6b195597abc6e5e4928

Just 'copy link' on the non-wiznet .bin file, and paste it into the 'Advanced Flash' box in the Web IDE settings page.

[espruino-discuss]

Posted at 2014-08-25 by user47955

Many thanks Gordon.

Keep up the excellent work.