SETTIMER definition is not complete

[joefiesta]

SETTIMER states:

Causes a subroutine to be launched automatically and repeatedly at a specified time interval.

This is incomplete. It should read:

Causes a subroutine, a function or a function object to be launched automatically and repeatedly at a specified time interval.

[swagfag]

i think subroutine refers to the piece of code the timer is meant to execute in general
not labels per se

[joefiesta]

@swagfag
So, do you think the definition should be:

Causes a piece of code the timer is meant to execute to be launched automatically and repeatedly at a specified time interval.

Isn't that rather ridiculous?

And SUBROUTINE does refer to labels (although a subroutine is certainly much more than just a label). A subroutine must have a label. A function does not have a label.

[gregster]

generally, in programming, functions (and a number of other language constructs) are often referred to as subroutines.
But afaik, somewhere in the AHK docs, functions are described as just similar to subroutines (probably in order to differentiate them from AHK's labeled subroutines).

So, it depends what definition of subroutine we want to follow. By itself, as an umbrella term, it sounds correct - in the context of language usage in other AHK doc pages, it might be slightly inaccurate.