demo/typescript.js
function startWatchTimer() {
                    watchTimer = setInterval(function () {
                        var count = 0;
                        var nextToCheck = nextFileToCheck;
                        var firstCheck = -1;
                        while ((count < chunkSize) && (nextToCheck !== firstCheck)) {
                            poll(nextToCheck);
                            if (firstCheck < 0) {
                                firstCheck = nextToCheck;
                            }
                            nextToCheck++;
                            if (nextToCheck === watchedFiles.length) {
                                nextToCheck = 0;
                            }
                            count++;
                        }
                        nextFileToCheck = nextToCheck;
                    }, interval);
                }
function startWatchTimer() {
                    watchTimer = setInterval(function () {
                        var count = 0;
                        var nextToCheck = nextFileToCheck;
                        var firstCheck = -1;
                        while ((count < chunkSize) && (nextToCheck !== firstCheck)) {
                            poll(nextToCheck);
                            if (firstCheck < 0) {
                                firstCheck = nextToCheck;
                            }
                            nextToCheck++;
                            if (nextToCheck === watchedFiles.length) {
                                nextToCheck = 0;
                            }
                            count++;
                        }
                        nextFileToCheck = nextToCheck;
                    }, interval);
                }
this implementation uses polling and stat due to inconsistencies of fs.watch and efficiency of stat on modern filesystems