Wait for 0 seconds

Support
1

Hi Chris,

Would there be anything wrong with having a wait action for 0 seconds in some cases? Would MWorks just not execute the command, or would it still go through the effort of setting up the timer? I can easily add an if statement, just curious about the implementation. If you’re not sure don’t bother digging up the answer.

Thanks,
Evan

2

Hi Evan,

Would there be anything wrong with having a wait action for 0 seconds in some cases? Would MWorks just not execute the command, or would it still go through the effort of setting up the timer?

With a simple “wait”, the command will execute but will complete immediately, with no actual waiting. With a “start timer” action, you’ll get a warning on the server console saying “Scheduling a timer to fire at a time in the past”, but no timer thread will be created, and a “timer expired” transition on the timer will execute immediately. In either case, the execution of your experiment won’t be affected, as no actual waiting takes place.

Cheers,
Chris

3

Got it, thanks!