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util/throttle.lua @ 11105:3c0940f3cf74 0.11

util.dbuffer: Simplify test case An earlier theory involved the bug being related to collapsing multiple items, so it exercised that too. Also correct the comment, it referred to the space in "hello world" in an earlier version before the test string was changed to "foobar", which was what was tested in a REPL
author Kim Alvefur <zash@zash.se>
date Mon, 24 Aug 2020 17:28:48 +0200
parent 8555:4f0f5b49bb03
child 12975:d10957394a3c
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local gettime = require "util.time".now
local setmetatable = setmetatable;

local _ENV = nil;
-- luacheck: std none

local throttle = {};
local throttle_mt = { __index = throttle };

function throttle:update()
	local newt = gettime();
	local elapsed = newt - self.t;
	self.t = newt;
	local balance = (self.rate * elapsed) + self.balance;
	if balance > self.max then
		self.balance = self.max;
	else
		self.balance = balance;
	end
	return self.balance;
end

function throttle:peek(cost)
	cost = cost or 1;
	return self.balance >= cost or self:update() >= cost;
end

function throttle:poll(cost, split)
	if self:peek(cost) then
		self.balance = self.balance - cost;
		return true;
	else
		local balance = self.balance;
		if split then
			self.balance = 0;
		end
		return false, balance, (cost-balance);
	end
end

local function create(max, period)
	return setmetatable({ rate = max / period, max = max, t = gettime(), balance = max }, throttle_mt);
end

return {
	create = create;
};