Is calling setTimeout with a negative delay ok?

Question

The following snippet sets a timeout that I\'d like to last at least a second:

var currentTimeMillis = new Date().getTime();
// do stuff...
var sleepTime = 1000          


        

Answer 1

Hmm... The solutions mentioned solves the problem at the call to setTimeout, so it needs to be written each time a call is made. Isn't it better to solve it directly in setTimeout?

// Run this once.
(function(){
    var oldSetTimeout = setTimeout
    setTimeout = function(callback, delay){
        return oldSetTimeout(callback, Math.max(delay, 0))
    }
})()

// Call setTimeout safely with a negative delay.
setTimeout(function(){ console.log("Hello World") }, -42)