rtapi_task_wait(3rtapi)

💤 rtapi_task_wait — the "bestie, take a nap till next period" function (from the rtapi manual, section 3) ✨

okay so picture this: you're a periodic realtime task, you've done your little chores for this cycle, and now you just... vibe until the next one. that's the whole gig. 🎀

✨ SYNTAX ✨

void rtapi_task_wait()

no args. no return. just vibes. 💅

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

rtapi_task_wait suspends execution of the current task until the next period. that's it, that's the function. 🦋

the catch?? the task MUST be periodic. like, that's not optional, that's the whole personality. if it's not periodic, the result is undefined — and bestie we do NOT do undefined, that's giving chaos demon energy 😭💀

👑 REALTIME CONSIDERATIONS 👑

call this only from within a periodic realtime task. fr fr. no exceptions, no sneaky little calls from somewhere else, iykyk. 🔥

🫶 RETURN VALUE 🫶

None. nothing. zero. it returns nothing because it doesn't need to, main character behaviour honestly. ✨

💖 SEE ALSO 💖

• rtapi_task_start(3rtapi)
• rtapi_task_pause(3rtapi)

go read those next, bestie, they're the sibling functions and they ate 🍓

okay that's the whole page!! this was from the LinuxCNC Documentation, dated 2006-10-12, and the source is rtapi_task_wait(3rtapi) — yes the date is older than most of us and she's still serving 💅🌟 mwah, go write some realtime code responsibly, love u, bye!! 🧚💜