Re: [sc-users] Weird behavior of Clock

[Orestis Karamanlis <o.karamanlis@xxxxxxxxx>]

mmm, I see, thank you Nick.

> On 17 Dec 2015, at 12:50, Nick Collins <clicksonnil@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> 2.do when evaluated returns 2
> 
> The last thing in the function to be scheduled is the time gap till the next time the function is called again
> 
> Hence your 2 second rescheduling problem.
> 
> To delay, you could try: 
> { 2.wait;  "now do this".postln }.fork 
> 
> Add the defer around the postln part if you had, say, GUI control code. 
> 
> best
> N
> 
> On 17 Dec 2015, at 10:32, Orestis Karamanlis <o.karamanlis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> If anyone can enlighten me on this one it would be very helpful.
>> 
>> // The following works without a problem
>> { 2.do{arg i; i.postln} }.defer(1);
>> 
>> // However this, keeps evaluating the function every 2 seconds (equivalent to do's iteration number)
>> SystemClock.sched(1, { 2.do{arg i; i.postln } } );
>> 
>> The same happens with for, forby, etc. What am I missing here?
>> 
>> In short, I am trying to schedule something in the future making also some use of control structures which seems impossible without using defer.
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