wait – Wait for any variable to become true or any function to evaluate to true

[SALZKARTOFFEEEL]

Hi everyone!
First time sharing code on the forums, so forgive me for any mistakes I may make.

This function waits for the variable you pass in to become truthy,
or for the function you pass in to return a truthy value.
You can customize the interval at which it will run the check, as well as the maximum amount of time to wait for.

The code is hosted on GitHub.

Any kind of feedback and contribution is very appreciated!

Here are some examples:

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; Example #1
; This will wait 1 second before setting x to true.
setTimer () => x := true, -1000

; This will consequently wait at least 1 second before continuing.
wait x

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; Example #2
; This will wait until the Spacebar is pressed,
; but will check for it much more frequently than KeyWait would.
wait () => getKeyState("Space"),, 10

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; Example #3
; This is exactly equivalent to the previous example.
wait func("getKeyState").bind("Space"),, 10

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; Example #4
; This will wait for Joystick #1 to be plugged in
; and display its name on the screen.
msgbox "Joystick '" wait(() => getKeyState("1JoyName")) "' has been plugged in!"

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I think this is a wonderful and it's great that you shared.

Please don't take this the wrong way, but I think putting just a function under GPL is unnecessary and even odd. It's arguably much better to put such under the MIT license (where it has your name as the copyright holder) or public domain (CC0). Wait functions are not new and exist in many other programming languages, so it's not like something radically new was created that nobody has ever done anything similar, or that it needs to be protected from others using it commercially.

[SALZKARTOFFEEEL]

I think this is a wonderful and it's great that you shared.

Thank you!

Please don't take this the wrong way, but I think putting just a function under GPL is unnecessary and even odd. It's arguably much better to put such under the MIT license (where it has your name as the copyright holder) or public domain (CC0). Wait functions are not new and exist in many other programming languages, so it's not like something radically new was created that nobody has ever done anything similar, or that it needs to be protected from others using it commercially.

Good to know. What license to use was a quick second decision – I just used GPL because I knew (or thought) it was very permissive.
I should do some reading as to what license is more appropriate, starting with the MIT license you talked about.
Will probably switch over to something else tomorrow then. Thank you!

[guest3456]

Good to know. What license to use was a quick second decision – I just used GPL because I knew (or thought) it was very permissive.
I should do some reading as to what license is more appropriate, starting with the MIT license you talked about.
Will probably switch over to something else tomorrow then. Thank you!

GPL is one of the most restrictive licenses. it is like a virus, requiring all new code based on it to also use the GPL.

MIT is very permissive, so is WTFPL