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authorRaimo Niskanen <[email protected]>2016-10-21 23:36:26 +0200
committerRaimo Niskanen <[email protected]>2016-10-26 10:21:09 +0200
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Optimize event timeout
Do not start an event timer unless there are no enqueued events.
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diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_statem.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_statem.xml
index 567130875a..fd498ee82e 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_statem.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_statem.xml
@@ -773,8 +773,9 @@ handle_event(_, _, State, Data) ->
after this time (in milliseconds) unless another
event arrives or has arrived
in which case this time-out is cancelled.
- Note that a retried, inserted or state time-out zero
- events counts as arrived.
+ Note that a retried or inserted event counts as arrived.
+ So does a state time-out zero event, if it was generated
+ before this timer is requested.
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<p>
If the value is <c>infinity</c>, no timer is started, as