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Error in Wiki _limit page? - PhilOfPerth - 04-13-2023
In the Wiki, on the _Limit page, point number 5 says we should not try to use _limit for less than once every 60 seconds.
I think this should be 60 times per second, unless I'm reading it incorrectly.
RE: Error in Wiki _limit page? - SMcNeill - 04-13-2023
It's once per 60 seconds.
DO
_LIMIT (1 / 60)
LOOP
^ Like the above.
Let me explain what it's doing here.
LIMIT 60 -- this says to let the loop run no more than 60 times per second.
LIMIT 30 -- 30 times per second max loop.
LIMIT 2 -- 2 times per second max loop.
LIMIT 1 -- 1 time per second max loop.
LIMIT 1 / 2 -- 1/2 time per second... or 1 time per 2 seconds, max loop speed.
LIMIT 1 / 3 -- 1/3 time per second... or 1 time per 3 seconds, max loop speed.
So a LIMIT 1 / 60 is a max speed of basically 1 loop per minute. (1 loop per 60 seconds.)
Anything longer than that, the fractions get so small, the math involved gets goofy. If you need more than a 1/60 limit, then you need to get creative with how you accomplish it.
DO
FOR I = 1 TO 10
_LIMIT 1 / 60
NEXT
'Do stuff...
LOOP
^ A loop that only processes once every 10 minutes.
RE: Error in Wiki _limit page? - PhilOfPerth - 04-13-2023
Sorry Steve, I just don't understand the wording of rule #5 in the Wiki.
First it says "The _LIMIT statement sets the loop repeat rate of a program to so many per second"
and then in rule #5, "Do not use it to limit a loop to less than once every 60 seconds(.0167)"
_Limit 30, as you say, limits to no more than 30 times per second (or once every 1/30 second), which is much less than once every 60 seconds.
The function works, just as you described, but rule #5 in the Wiki is, I think upside-down, and should be not less than once every 1/60 second.
RE: Error in Wiki _limit page? - RhoSigma - 04-13-2023
That point #5 refers to the amount of loops not the amount of _LIMITs:
"Do not use it to limit a loop to less than once every 60 seconds(.0167)"
should better say:
"Do not use it to limit a loop to run less than once every 60 seconds (i.e. _LIMIT .0167 or _LIMIT 1/60)"
I'll change that wording in the Wiki...