timefactory: Create running timer functions
In awmercer/timefactory: Create Running Timers

This is a factory function for creating running timers. A function created using timefactory() will return the number of seconds since it was first created. It is intended as a simple alternative to wrapping code in multiple calls to proc.time().

1	timefactory()

A function that will return the number of seconds since it was first created.

# Create an initial timer
timer1 = timefactory()
Sys.sleep(3)
timer1()

# Create a second timer that is independent of the first.
timer2 = timefactory()
Sys.sleep(2)

timer1()
timer2()