Javascript is not multiThreaded, you have to implement it manually with "yield" 
and "next".

Didier

--- On Mon, 10/27/08, joe ertaba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
From: joe ertaba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Project_owners] Sleep or wait function for JavaScript
To: "Mozdev Project Owners List" <[email protected]>
Date: Monday, October 27, 2008, 3:06 PM

Hi

I need to add sleep function in some procedure, I found some sleep function

function sleep(mTime)
{
  var sleeping = true;
  var now = new Date();
  var alarm;
  var startingMSeconds = now.getTime();

  while(sleeping){
     alarm = new Date();
     alarmMSeconds = alarm.getTime();
     if(alarmMSeconds - startingMSeconds > mTime)
        sleeping = false; 
  }
}

but it causes program to hang, any better sleep function ?

P.S: I cant use setTimeout function either

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