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later: Utilities for Scheduling Functions to Execute Later with Event Loops

Description

Executes arbitrary R or C functions some time after the current time, after the R execution stack has emptied. The functions are scheduled in an event loop.

Author(s)

Maintainer: Charlie Gao [e-mail] (ORCID)

Authors:

• Winston Chang [e-mail] (ORCID)

• Joe Cheng [e-mail]

Other contributors:

• Posit Software, PBC (ROR) [copyright holder, funder]

• Marcus Geelnard (TinyCThread library, https://tinycthread.github.io/) [contributor, copyright holder]

• Evan Nemerson (TinyCThread library, https://tinycthread.github.io/) [contributor, copyright holder]

See Also

Useful links:

• https://later.r-lib.org

• https://github.com/r-lib/later

• Report bugs at https://github.com/r-lib/later/issues

later documentation built on Jan. 8, 2026, 9:08 a.m.