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JavaScript Delta Timing

Trying to understand some modified code from this stackoverflow answer. The part that doesn't make sense to me is where does timestamp come from in the function update(timestamp)? I don't see it defined anywhere.... but the code still works. Just looking for an explanation to better understand things, thanks.

const log = console.log.bind(console);

const perfectFrameTime = 1000 / 60;
let deltaTime = 0;
let lastTimestamp = 0;
let timerState = true;

function start() {
    requestAnimationFrame(update);
}

function update(timestamp) {
    if (timerState){
      requestAnimationFrame(update);
    }
    deltaTime = (timestamp - lastTimestamp) / perfectFrameTime;
    lastTimestamp = timestamp;
    
    log(deltaTime);



    // YOUR FRAME CODE HERE!

}

setTimeout(()=> {timerState = false;}, 1000);
start();

about 4 years ago · Juan Pablo Isaza
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