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

The timer-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 returns nil .

The name of a timer created by either make-timer or make-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