Chiming in just to underline that setTimeout and setInterval accepts extra arguments since about ever so that the following is eventually all you need.
```js new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, 1000)); new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, 1000, "some value")); ``` Best Regards On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 8:51 PM, JD Isaacks <[email protected]> wrote: > I think it would be super useful to be able to do something like: > > Promise.after(1000).then( /* cb */ ); > > and have the promise resolve after 1000 milliseconds. > > The promise would just resolve with the same value (in this case 1000) but > could easily delay resolving another value like so: > > Promise.after(1000).then(() => "other value"); > > instead of currently having to use a setTimeout: > > new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(() => resolve("some value"), 1000)); > > I believe Promise.after would be so much more readable and useful. > > I am not sure if the name `after` is the best name, `wait`, `when`, > `sleep` are possible names or maybe there is a better name I haven't even > thought of. > > _______________________________________________ > es-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss > >
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