[Solved] TimerUtils: do I need to PauseTimer before ReleaseTimer?

[Geshishouhu]

I learned from a tutorial that whenever you destroy a timer by using DestroyTimer, you have to pause the timer first by using PauseTimer to avoid bugs. So if I am using TimerUtils, do I need to pause the timer before using ReleaseTimer() ?

call PauseTimer(t)
call DestroyTimer(t)

How about:

call PauseTimer(t)
call ReleaseTimer(t)
//Do I need to PauseTimer here? or ReleaseTimer would both pause and destroy it?

 

[Malhorne]

I think it is better anyway to pause timer.
But since i'm not using that much TimerUtils (I actually asked something else on timer handle xD) don't think i'm right for sure.

 

[Maker]

No..

    function ReleaseTimer takes timer t returns nothing
        if(t==null) then
            debug call BJDebugMsg("Warning: attempt to release a null timer")
            return
        endif
        if (tN==ARRAY_SIZE) then
            debug call BJDebugMsg("Warning: Timer stack is full, destroying timer!!")

            //stack is full, the map already has much more troubles than the chance of bug
            call DestroyTimer(t)
        else
            call PauseTimer(t)
            if(GetTimerData(t)==HELD) then
                debug call BJDebugMsg("Warning: ReleaseTimer: Double free!")
                return
            endif
            call SetTimerData(t,HELD)
            set tT[tN]=t
            set tN=tN+1
        endif    
    endfunction

 

[Geshishouhu]

No..

    function ReleaseTimer takes timer t returns nothing
        if(t==null) then
            debug call BJDebugMsg("Warning: attempt to release a null timer")
            return
        endif
        if (tN==ARRAY_SIZE) then
            debug call BJDebugMsg("Warning: Timer stack is full, destroying timer!!")

            //stack is full, the map already has much more troubles than the chance of bug
            call DestroyTimer(t)
        else
            call PauseTimer(t)
            if(GetTimerData(t)==HELD) then
                debug call BJDebugMsg("Warning: ReleaseTimer: Double free!")
                return
            endif
            call SetTimerData(t,HELD)
            set tT[tN]=t
            set tN=tN+1
        endif    
    endfunction

Thanks for the answer. I managed to understand this codes but failed coz I am a noob LOL

 

[Malhorne]

It shows that the releasetimer func doesn't need to pause it before using.