Different output pico/esp8266

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Posted at 2016-05-04 by Frida

With the same code, I have different output on pico and esp8266.

Which one is correct?
I think it is esp8266, but I may be wrong.

esp8266
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>echo(0);
oldtime  1462372910.64224791526
newtime  1462372911.01720309257
diftime  0.37495517730
=undefined
>

 
pico
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>echo(0);
oldtime  1462373548.05334663391
newtime  undefined
Uncaught ReferenceError: "newtime" is not defined
 at line 1 col 25
console.log('newtime ', newtime);
                        ^
diftime  NaN
Uncaught ReferenceError: "newtime" is not defined
 at line 1 col 33
console.log('diftime ', newtime-oldtime);
                                ^
=undefined
>

code:

oldtime = getTime();
setTimeout(function() {
  newtime = getTime();
},160);

console.log('oldtime ', oldtime);
console.log('newtime ', newtime);
console.log('diftime ', newtime-oldtime);

[espruino-discuss3]

Posted at 2016-05-04 by @gfwilliams

The Pico is correct :)

On the Pico, the code executes quick enough that console.log('newtime ', newtime); is executed before the timeout created with setTimeout executes, so newtime doesn't get assigned before it is used.

If you want this to actually work, do:

oldtime = getTime();
setTimeout(function() {
  newtime = getTime();
  console.log('oldtime ', oldtime);
  console.log('newtime ', newtime);
  console.log('diftime ', newtime-oldtime);
},160);

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Posted at 2016-05-04 by @gfwilliams

Just to add - the ESP8266 isn't exactly wrong in this case - it's just that I imagine the upload takes longer over serial, and things won't be scheduled quite as well because you're reliant on the underlying RTOS.