Re: integer value too large?

On Apr 29, 12:02 am, Mark Janssen <mpc.jans...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

There is no (imposed) limit on the frequency of after, there is
however a limit on the maximum of milliseconds you can specify for
after.


Funnily, [after], defined as relative-milliseconds, is currently more
geared towards long, absolute timers...
Indeed, compare the recent effort to extend the upper limit from 50
days to 500M years, with the brittleness of simple, 1-second timers
described in TIP 302:

http://www.tcl.tk/cgi-bin/tct/tip/302.html

-Alex

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