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# wait

Purpose
Wait for an event.
Synopsis
`procedure wait`
`procedure wait(dur:integer)`
Argument

dur | A duration in seconds or the constant WAIT_INFINITE

Further information
This procedure suspends the execution of the caller until an event is available (or returns immediately if the event queue is not empty). The second form specifies a time limit: the processing is suspended for at most dur seconds, the special value WAIT_INFINITE is interpreted as an infinite duration. The behaviour of the procedure is undefined if the specified duration is smaller than 1 second.
Related topics
send, waitfor, waitforend, waitexpired, isqueueempty, getnextevent, dropnextevent.
Module
mmjobs
Parent Topic Procedures and functions

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