I accept that NSTimer works as documented! But I allege there must be something 
odd about my (inherited) project that I can't quite put my finger on.

Perhaps the +timerWithTimeInterval: method is overridden...
-Carl


> On Apr 29, 2020, at 2:15 PM, Alex Zavatone <z...@mac.com> wrote:
> 
> I used your code in an iOS project and it works as expected.
> 
> 2020-04-29 16:14:02.254107-0500 Timer[83275:13268128] Wed Apr 29 16:14:02 2020
> 2020-04-29 16:14:03.254048-0500 Timer[83275:13268128] Wed Apr 29 16:14:03 2020
> 2020-04-29 16:14:04.253957-0500 Timer[83275:13268128] Wed Apr 29 16:14:04 2020
> 2020-04-29 16:14:05.254170-0500 Timer[83275:13268128] Wed Apr 29 16:14:05 2020
> 2020-04-29 16:14:06.254490-0500 Timer[83275:13268128] Wed Apr 29 16:14:06 2020
> 2020-04-29 16:14:07.254570-0500 Timer[83275:13268128] Wed Apr 29 16:14:07 2020
> 2020-04-29 16:14:08.254651-0500 Timer[83275:13268128] Wed Apr 29 16:14:08 2020
> 2020-04-29 16:14:09.253715-0500 Timer[83275:13268128] Wed Apr 29 16:14:09 2020
> 2020-04-29 16:14:10.254741-0500 Timer[83275:13268128] Wed Apr 29 16:14:10 2020
> 
> I’ll mail you the project offlist.
> 
> 
> 
>> On Apr 29, 2020, at 4:07 PM, Carl Hoefs via Cocoa-dev 
>> <cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com <mailto:cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com>> wrote:
>> 
>> On Apr 29, 2020, at 1:53 PM, Carl Hoefs via Cocoa-dev 
>> <cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com <mailto:cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> On Apr 29, 2020, at 1:43 PM, Steve Mills via Cocoa-dev 
>>> <cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com <mailto:cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com> 
>>> <mailto:cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com <mailto:cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com>>> 
>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> On Apr 29, 2020, at 15:36:23, Carl Hoefs via Cocoa-dev 
>>>> <cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com <mailto:cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> When I issue NSTimer's +timerWithTimeInterval::::: method, I'm getting 
>>>>> unexpected timer firing times (20X faster than expected).
>>>>> 
>>>>> ∙ If I specify 1.0 for the time interval, my method gets called 20 
>>>>> times/sec. 
>>>>> ∙ If I specify 20.0 for the time interval, my method gets called 1 
>>>>> time/sec.
>>>>> ∙ If I specify 100.0 for the time interval, my method gets called 5 
>>>>> times/sec.
>>>>> ...etc.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Here is my only invocation, called once and nevermore:
>>>>> 
>>>>>     NSTimer *newTimer = [NSTimer timerWithTimeInterval:1.0  // should be 
>>>>> 1/sec
>>>>>                                                 target:self
>>>>>                                               selector:@selector(newData:)
>>>>>                                               userInfo:nil
>>>>>                                                repeats:YES];
>>>>>     [[NSRunLoop mainRunLoop] addTimer:newTimer 
>>>>>                               forMode:NSRunLoopCommonModes];
>>>> 
>>>> Sounds like multiple timers are being installed. Set a breakpoint that 
>>>> logs when hit.
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> On break, It's always the same timer. This is with time interval set to 
>>> 20.0:
>>> 
>>> <timer id>                   <interval>       <fire date>
>>> <__NSCFTimer: 0x60000323c600>   1.000000   Wed Apr 29 13:50:40 2020
>>> <__NSCFTimer: 0x60000323c600>   1.000000   Wed Apr 29 13:50:41 2020
>>> <__NSCFTimer: 0x60000323c600>   1.000000   Wed Apr 29 13:50:42 2020
>>> . . .
>>> 
>> 
>> I put a break directly after the creation of the timer, and introspection 
>> already shows the wrong value for the time interval! And since .timeInterval 
>> is a readonly attribute, I cannot force it to the correct value, nor is 
>> there a -setTimeInterval: method.
>> 
>> Argh...
>> -Carl
>> 
>> 
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