Tip - Found an asychronous timer function.
 

zo_callLater takes two arguments, in order: function, and delay in milliseconds. (LIke setTimeout in JavaScript)

Example:

Stumbled upon this using /zgoo in the zo_Helper area.

Is there a list of such functions on the wiki somewhere?

Great find :)

Cheers Dude thats handy! :)

I don't think there is a dedicated list for these (yet) but they can all be found in the global table

If you're an addon developer, get zgoo. It's essential. Helper functions are under "zo_Helper" when you run /zgoo

Additionally, that globals wiki page is good. I cross-reference between the two constantly when developing.

Edit - while on the topic, what would be really useful is a wiki page of a globals dump that goes down 2 or 3 levels. e.g. If there is a table, expand the table down 2 or 3 levels.

I've tried to obtain this information recursively using "for x, y in pairs(_G)" but the "private function" errors are blocking.

Look in Zgoo. There is a function in there that will allow you to iterate _G safely. I think it is safepairs and that is how we iterate it. Uses some trickery with pcalls and parsing the error messages to avoid the private/protected functions without error.

Thanks, I'll try this when I get home. If I can extract all the information I may create a new Wiki page that has 2-3 levels deep of globals. I don't want to amend the current one because it is already really slow to load.

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