later: Utilities for Scheduling Functions to Execute Later with Event Loops

Executes arbitrary R or C functions some time after the current time, after the R execution stack has emptied. The functions are scheduled in an event loop.

Version:	1.4.4
Imports:	Rcpp (≥ 0.12.9), rlang
LinkingTo:	Rcpp
Suggests:	knitr, nanonext, rmarkdown, testthat (≥ 3.0.0)
Published:	2025-08-27
DOI:	10.32614/CRAN.package.later
Author:	Winston Chang [aut], Joe Cheng [aut], Charlie Gao [aut, cre], Posit Software, PBC [cph, fnd], Marcus Geelnard [ctb, cph] (TinyCThread library, https://tinycthread.github.io/), Evan Nemerson [ctb, cph] (TinyCThread library, https://tinycthread.github.io/)
Maintainer:	Charlie Gao <charlie.gao at posit.co>
BugReports:	https://github.com/r-lib/later/issues
License:	MIT + file LICENSE
URL:	https://later.r-lib.org, https://github.com/r-lib/later
NeedsCompilation:	yes
Materials:	README, NEWS
CRAN checks:	later results

Documentation:

Reference manual:	later.html , later.pdf
Vignettes:	Using later from C++ (source)

Downloads:

Package source:	later_1.4.4.tar.gz
Windows binaries:	r-devel: later_1.4.4.zip, r-release: later_1.4.4.zip, r-oldrel: later_1.4.4.zip
macOS binaries:	r-release (arm64): later_1.4.4.tgz, r-oldrel (arm64): later_1.4.4.tgz, r-release (x86_64): later_1.4.4.tgz, r-oldrel (x86_64): later_1.4.4.tgz
Old sources:	later archive

Reverse dependencies:

Reverse imports:	blogdown, chromote, crew, ellmer, fiery, httpuv, jobqueue, linkeR, maths.genealogy, OmnipathR, pagedown, plumbertableau, pool, promises, Prostar, quarto, retry, rtiddlywiki, shiny, shinylight, tall, watcher, webshot2, websocket
Reverse linking to:	httpuv, websocket
Reverse suggests:	chatLLM, coro, curl, dipsaus, firesale, firestorm, httr2, learnr, LLMTranslate, mapview, nanonext, PiC, plumber, plumber2, ravepipeline, routr, servr, shinychat

Linking:

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