Pass arguments to a delayed function with Haxe

Question

Hi everyone,

do you know if there is an easy way to pass some arguments to a function called via

haxe.Timer.delay(func, delay);

By "easy" I mean without creating any custom timer.

Thanks.

Answer 1

Everything can be achieved with an extra level of indirection :-)

It seems like you need a closure whose only job is to call the other function with arguments.

Something like this (untested):

haxe.Timer.delay(function () {
    func(arg1, arg2);
}, delay);

Answer 2

Use callback!

For example, if you want to call someFunction("abc"):

haxe.Timer.delay(callback(someFunction,"abc"), 10);

Answer 3

With someone's advice I got:

var self = this;
haxe.Timer.delay(function {self.someFunction("abc");}, 10); 

Any idea which one is the best?

Thank