Is callPeriodically a concern?

[rafaellehmkuhl]

I'm concerned about:

let potato = {
    a: async () => console.log("Potato")
}

callPeriodically(potato.a, 1000)

# somehow potato is dead

What happens if the object that callPeriodically is using dies or the variables used inside potato.a dies ?

Originally posted by @patrickelectric in #412 (comment)

[patrickelectric]

callPeriodically should receive a WeakRef and check if it's still available, otherwise it should kill itself.

[Williangalvani]

I started fixing this at #1316
There are a couple left, but most of them are always consumed by something in the ui

[patrickelectric]

Fixed by #2430