examples/dist/common.js
function makeRequestCallFromTimer(callback) {
    return function requestCall() {
        // We dispatch a timeout with a specified delay of 0 for engines that
        // can reliably accommodate that request. This will usually be snapped
        // to a 4 milisecond delay, but once we're flushing, there's no delay
        // between events.
        var timeoutHandle = setTimeout(handleTimer, 0);
        // However, since this timer gets frequently dropped in Firefox
        // workers, we enlist an interval handle that will try to fire
        // an event 20 times per second until it succeeds.
        var intervalHandle = setInterval(handleTimer, 50);

        function handleTimer() {
            // Whichever timer succeeds will cancel both timers and
            // execute the callback.
            clearTimeout(timeoutHandle);
            clearInterval(intervalHandle);
            callback();
        }
    };
}
function makeRequestCallFromTimer(callback) {
    return function requestCall() {
        // We dispatch a timeout with a specified delay of 0 for engines that
        // can reliably accommodate that request. This will usually be snapped
        // to a 4 milisecond delay, but once we're flushing, there's no delay
        // between events.
        var timeoutHandle = setTimeout(handleTimer, 0);
        // However, since this timer gets frequently dropped in Firefox
        // workers, we enlist an interval handle that will try to fire
        // an event 20 times per second until it succeeds.
        var intervalHandle = setInterval(handleTimer, 50);

        function handleTimer() {
            // Whichever timer succeeds will cancel both timers and
            // execute the callback.
            clearTimeout(timeoutHandle);
            clearInterval(intervalHandle);
            callback();
        }
    };
}
function makeRequestCallFromTimer ( callback ) { return function requestCall ( ) { // We dispatch a timeout with a specified delay of 0 for engines that // can reliably accommodate that request. This will usually be snapped // to a 4 milisecond delay, but once we're flushing, there's no delay // between events. var timeoutHandle = setTimeout ( handleTimer , 0 ) ; // However, since this timer gets frequently dropped in Firefox // workers, we enlist an interval handle that will try to fire // an event 20 times per second until it succeeds. var intervalHandle = setInterval ( handleTimer , 50 ) ; function handleTimer ( ) { // Whichever timer succeeds will cancel both timers and // execute the callback. clearTimeout ( timeoutHandle ) ; clearInterval ( intervalHandle ) ; callback ( ) ; } } ; }
`setTimeout` does not call the passed callback if the delay is less than approximately 7 in web workers in Firefox 8 through 18, and sometimes not even then.
setTimeout does not call the passed callback if the delay is less than approximately 7 in web workers in Firefox 8 through 18 and sometimes not even then .