[giow] (2) Allow timers to be delayed when power usage is an issue.

Fixing http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=10633 git-svn-id: http://svn.whatwg.org/webapps@5535 340c8d12-0b0e-0410-8428-c7bf67bfef74
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@@ -65570,6 +65570,21 @@ <h3 id=timers><span class=secno>7.2 </span>Timers</h3>
    this one whose <var title="">timeout</var> is equal to or less than
    this one's have completed.</li>
 
+   <li>
+
+    <p>Optionally, wait a further user-agent defined length of
+    time.</p>
+
+    <p class=note>This is intended to allow user agents to pad
+    timeouts as needed to optimise the power usage of the device. For
+    example, some processors have a low-power mode where the
+    granularity of timers is reduced; on such platforms, user agents
+    can slow timers down to fit this schedule instead of requiring the
+    processor to use the more accurate mode with its associated higher
+    power usage.</p>
+
+   </li>
+
    <li><p><a href=#queue-a-task title="queue a task">Queue</a> the <var title="">task</var> <a href=#concept-task title=concept-task>task</a>.</li>
 
   </ol><p>The <dfn id=dom-windowtimers-cleartimeout title=dom-windowtimers-clearTimeout><code>clearTimeout()</code></dfn>
@@ -65625,6 +65640,21 @@ <h3 id=timers><span class=secno>7.2 </span>Timers</h3>
 
    </li>
 
+   <li>
+
+    <p>Optionally, wait a further user-agent defined length of
+    time.</p>
+
+    <p class=note>This is intended to allow user agents to pad
+    timeouts as needed to optimise the power usage of the device. For
+    example, some processors have a low-power mode where the
+    granularity of timers is reduced; on such platforms, user agents
+    can slow timers down to fit this schedule instead of requiring the
+    processor to use the more accurate mode with its associated higher
+    power usage.</p>
+
+   </li>
+
    <li><p><a href=#queue-a-task title="queue a task">Queue</a> the <var title="">task</var> <a href=#concept-task title=concept-task>task</a>.</li>
 
    <li><p>Return to the step labeled <i>wait</i>.</li>

diff --git a/index b/index
@@ -65570,6 +65570,21 @@ interface <dfn id=windowtimers>WindowTimers</dfn> {
    this one whose <var title="">timeout</var> is equal to or less than
    this one's have completed.</li>
 
+   <li>
+
+    <p>Optionally, wait a further user-agent defined length of
+    time.</p>
+
+    <p class=note>This is intended to allow user agents to pad
+    timeouts as needed to optimise the power usage of the device. For
+    example, some processors have a low-power mode where the
+    granularity of timers is reduced; on such platforms, user agents
+    can slow timers down to fit this schedule instead of requiring the
+    processor to use the more accurate mode with its associated higher
+    power usage.</p>
+
+   </li>
+
    <li><p><a href=#queue-a-task title="queue a task">Queue</a> the <var title="">task</var> <a href=#concept-task title=concept-task>task</a>.</li>
 
   </ol><p>The <dfn id=dom-windowtimers-cleartimeout title=dom-windowtimers-clearTimeout><code>clearTimeout()</code></dfn>
@@ -65625,6 +65640,21 @@ interface <dfn id=windowtimers>WindowTimers</dfn> {
 
    </li>
 
+   <li>
+
+    <p>Optionally, wait a further user-agent defined length of
+    time.</p>
+
+    <p class=note>This is intended to allow user agents to pad
+    timeouts as needed to optimise the power usage of the device. For
+    example, some processors have a low-power mode where the
+    granularity of timers is reduced; on such platforms, user agents
+    can slow timers down to fit this schedule instead of requiring the
+    processor to use the more accurate mode with its associated higher
+    power usage.</p>
+
+   </li>
+
    <li><p><a href=#queue-a-task title="queue a task">Queue</a> the <var title="">task</var> <a href=#concept-task title=concept-task>task</a>.</li>
 
    <li><p>Return to the step labeled <i>wait</i>.</li>

diff --git a/source b/source
@@ -74290,6 +74290,21 @@ interface <dfn>WindowTimers</dfn> {
    this one whose <var title="">timeout</var> is equal to or less than
    this one's have completed.</p></li>
 
+   <li>
+
+    <p>Optionally, wait a further user-agent defined length of
+    time.</p>
+
+    <p class="note">This is intended to allow user agents to pad
+    timeouts as needed to optimise the power usage of the device. For
+    example, some processors have a low-power mode where the
+    granularity of timers is reduced; on such platforms, user agents
+    can slow timers down to fit this schedule instead of requiring the
+    processor to use the more accurate mode with its associated higher
+    power usage.</p>
+
+   </li>
+
    <li><p><span title="queue a task">Queue</span> the <var
    title="">task</var> <span
    title="concept-task">task</span>.</p></li>
@@ -74358,6 +74373,21 @@ interface <dfn>WindowTimers</dfn> {
 
    </li>
 
+   <li>
+
+    <p>Optionally, wait a further user-agent defined length of
+    time.</p>
+
+    <p class="note">This is intended to allow user agents to pad
+    timeouts as needed to optimise the power usage of the device. For
+    example, some processors have a low-power mode where the
+    granularity of timers is reduced; on such platforms, user agents
+    can slow timers down to fit this schedule instead of requiring the
+    processor to use the more accurate mode with its associated higher
+    power usage.</p>
+
+   </li>
+
    <li><p><span title="queue a task">Queue</span> the <var
    title="">task</var> <span
    title="concept-task">task</span>.</p></li>