13 The MP Package

timer-name

Function

Summary

Returns the name of a specified timer.

Signature

timer-name timer => name

Package

mp

Arguments

timer: A timer

Values

name: A string

Description

Thetimer-name function returns the name of the specified timer. The timer argument is a timer returned by make-timer or make-named-timer. If the timer has no name,timer-name returnsnil.

The name of a timer created by eithermake-timer ormake-named-timer can be set by means of the following syntax:

(setf (mp:timer-name timer) name)

Example

(setq timer
      (mp:make-timer 'print 10 *standard-output*))

#<Time Event : PRINT>

(mp:timer-name timer)

NIL

(setf (mp:timer-name timer) 'timer-1)

TIMER-1

(mp:timer-name timer)

TIMER-1

See also
: make-named-timer, make-timer, schedule-timer, schedule-timer-milliseconds, schedule-timer-relative, timer-expired-p, unschedule-timer