Woops! What if timer + 10 gets bigger than 60? Time current - timer < 10
When you can't get help, help yourself! On Sat, May 2, 2015 at 10:21 PM, Kirk Fraser <[email protected]> wrote: > Sleeping on a problem helped in this case. > > Time current minutes < timer minutes + 10 > ifTrue: [^#waiting]. > timer := Time current. > > I put that in an update method called by methods that change the data. > Not guaranteed every 10 min depending on user behavior but close enough and > easier than defining a process. > > > On Fri, May 1, 2015 at 10:14 PM, Kirk Fraser <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I am building a simple database using a tree and a ReferenceStream as >> learned here. I want it to update the disk file every 10 min. with the >> current tree. What should I do? >> >> The classes Time, Duration, Stopwatch, Schedule, look like possibilities >> but the only method that looks good is Schedule "between: aStart and: anEnd >> do: aBlock" but I don't want it to hang waiting on the timer so the tree >> can't take my changes. How do I make something perform like a text editor >> that saves its work every 10 min? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Kirk Fraser >> > >
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