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Utilities for Scheduling Functions to Execute Later with Event Loops

v1.4.8 · Mar 4, 2026 · MIT + file LICENSE

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Executes arbitrary R or C functions some time after the current time, after the R execution stack has emptied. The functions are scheduled in an event loop.

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Version History

26 tracked
new 1.4.8 Mar 10, 2026
updated 1.4.8 ← 1.4.7 diff Mar 4, 2026
updated 1.4.7 ← 1.4.6 diff Feb 23, 2026
updated 1.4.6 ← 1.4.5 diff Feb 12, 2026
updated 1.4.5 ← 1.4.4 diff Jan 7, 2026
updated 1.4.4 ← 1.4.3 diff Aug 26, 2025
updated 1.4.3 ← 1.4.2 diff Aug 19, 2025
updated 1.4.2 ← 1.4.1 diff Apr 7, 2025
updated 1.4.1 ← 1.4.0 diff Nov 27, 2024
updated 1.4.0 ← 1.3.2 diff Nov 25, 2024
updated 1.3.2 ← 1.3.1 diff Dec 5, 2023
updated 1.3.1 ← 1.3.0 diff May 1, 2023
updated 1.3.0 ← 1.2.0 diff Aug 17, 2021
updated 1.2.0 ← 1.1.0.1 diff Apr 22, 2021
updated 1.1.0.1 ← 1.0.0 diff Jun 4, 2020