Periodic decorator does not work when multiple plugins use the periodic decorator

[jaybz]

Using the following plugin code works if this is the only plugin using periodics:

import gremlin

@gremlin.input_devices.periodic(0.5)
def periodic():
    gremlin.util.log("Fire!")

Once you copy this code onto a plugin with a different name, periodics stop working altogether. Even just adding a new instance of the previous plugin instead of creating a separate plugin also triggers this issue. Note that not just the 2nd instance/plugin doesn't work when added, the first instance/plugin also stops working.

[HexaKhan]

Through trial and error, I've discovered this issue only seems to occur if you have multiple plugins that happen to utilize the exact same periodic time period.

Ex:
If you have Plugin A with:

import gremlin

gremlin.util.log("Starting Script 1")

@gremlin.input_devices.periodic(1)
def testing_loop_1():
    gremlin.util.log("Running Test on Script 1")

And Plugin B with:

import gremlin

gremlin.util.log("Starting Script 2")

@gremlin.input_devices.periodic(1)
def testing_loop_2():
    gremlin.util.log("Running Test on Script 2")

The only output you get is:

2024-03-04 21:34:28 Starting Script 1
2024-03-04 21:34:28 Starting Script 2

It's like neither runs the periodic function.

But if you update plugin A to utilize a periodic time of 1.0001 instead of 1, it seems to work OK

2024-03-04 21:37:59 Starting Script 1
2024-03-04 21:37:59 Starting Script 2
2024-03-04 21:38:00 Running Test on Script 2
2024-03-04 21:38:00 Running Test on Script 1
2024-03-04 21:38:01 Running Test on Script 2
2024-03-04 21:38:01 Running Test on Script 1
2024-03-04 21:38:02 Running Test on Script 2
2024-03-04 21:38:02 Running Test on Script 1
2024-03-04 21:38:03 Running Test on Script 2
2024-03-04 21:38:03 Running Test on Script 1
2024-03-04 21:38:04 Running Test on Script 2
2024-03-04 21:38:04 Running Test on Script 1
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