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4.7 Timers

sleep

Function

Summary

Blocks the current thread for a specified number of seconds.

Signature

sleep interval => ()

Arguments

interval
An instance of <real>.

Values

None.

Library

threads

Module

threads

Description

Blocks the current thread for the number of seconds specified in interval.


Common Dylan and Functional Extensions - 31 Mar 00

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