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doc: sort timers alphabetically

Reorders, with no contextual changes, the timers documentation
alphabetically.

PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/3662
Reviewed-By: Evan Lucas <evanlucas@me.com>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Jeremiah Senkpiel <fishrock123@rocketmail.com>
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Tristian Flanagan 9 years ago
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@ -5,25 +5,38 @@
All of the timer functions are globals. You do not need to `require()`
this module in order to use them.
## setTimeout(callback, delay[, arg][, ...])
## clearImmediate(immediateObject)
To schedule execution of a one-time `callback` after `delay` milliseconds. Returns a
`timeoutObject` for possible use with `clearTimeout()`. Optionally you can
also pass arguments to the callback.
Stops an immediate from triggering.
It is important to note that your callback will probably not be called in exactly
`delay` milliseconds - Node.js makes no guarantees about the exact timing of when
the callback will fire, nor of the ordering things will fire in. The callback will
be called as close as possible to the time specified.
## clearInterval(intervalObject)
To follow browser behavior, when using delays larger than 2147483647
milliseconds (approximately 25 days) or less than 1, the timeout is executed
immediately, as if the `delay` was set to 1.
Stops an interval from triggering.
## clearTimeout(timeoutObject)
Prevents a timeout from triggering.
## ref()
If you had previously `unref()`d a timer you can call `ref()` to explicitly
request the timer hold the program open. If the timer is already `ref`d calling
`ref` again will have no effect.
Returns the timer.
## setImmediate(callback[, arg][, ...])
To schedule the "immediate" execution of `callback` after I/O events
callbacks and before `setTimeout` and `setInterval` . Returns an
`immediateObject` for possible use with `clearImmediate()`. Optionally you
can also pass arguments to the callback.
Callbacks for immediates are queued in the order in which they were created.
The entire callback queue is processed every event loop iteration. If you queue
an immediate from inside an executing callback, that immediate won't fire
until the next event loop iteration.
## setInterval(callback, delay[, arg][, ...])
To schedule the repeated execution of `callback` every `delay` milliseconds.
@ -34,9 +47,20 @@ To follow browser behavior, when using delays larger than 2147483647
milliseconds (approximately 25 days) or less than 1, Node.js will use 1 as the
`delay`.
## clearInterval(intervalObject)
## setTimeout(callback, delay[, arg][, ...])
Stops an interval from triggering.
To schedule execution of a one-time `callback` after `delay` milliseconds. Returns a
`timeoutObject` for possible use with `clearTimeout()`. Optionally you can
also pass arguments to the callback.
It is important to note that your callback will probably not be called in exactly
`delay` milliseconds - Node.js makes no guarantees about the exact timing of when
the callback will fire, nor of the ordering things will fire in. The callback will
be called as close as possible to the time specified.
To follow browser behavior, when using delays larger than 2147483647
milliseconds (approximately 25 days) or less than 1, the timeout is executed
immediately, as if the `delay` was set to 1.
## unref()
@ -50,27 +74,3 @@ will wakeup the event loop, creating too many of these may adversely effect
event loop performance -- use wisely.
Returns the timer.
## ref()
If you had previously `unref()`d a timer you can call `ref()` to explicitly
request the timer hold the program open. If the timer is already `ref`d calling
`ref` again will have no effect.
Returns the timer.
## setImmediate(callback[, arg][, ...])
To schedule the "immediate" execution of `callback` after I/O events
callbacks and before `setTimeout` and `setInterval` . Returns an
`immediateObject` for possible use with `clearImmediate()`. Optionally you
can also pass arguments to the callback.
Callbacks for immediates are queued in the order in which they were created.
The entire callback queue is processed every event loop iteration. If you queue
an immediate from inside an executing callback, that immediate won't fire
until the next event loop iteration.
## clearImmediate(immediateObject)
Stops an immediate from triggering.

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