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A promise-based queue that sleeps between callbacks.

## Installation

```
$ npm i sleepqueue -S
```

## Usage

### General

```js
var sleepqueue = require('./sleepqueue');

// create a queue with an interval of 1 second
var queue = sleepqueue({ interval: 1000 });

// `push` pushes to the end of the queue
queue.push(print('My name is'));
queue.push(print('My name is'));
queue.push(print('My name is'));
queue.push(print('Slim Shady'));
//
// `unshift` pushes to the start of the queue
queue.unshift(print('Hi'));

// just a helper function
function print(what) {
return function() {
console.log(what);
};
}
```

Output:

```
Hi
# (wait 1 second)
My name is
# (wait 1 second)
My name is
# (wait 1 second)
My name is
# (wait 1 second)
Slim Shady
```

### Errors

Uncaught errors and rejected promises will stop the queue and emit an error event.

```js
queue.push(print('Hello'));
queue.push(function() {
throw 'I stopped the queue';
});
queue.push(print('Bye'));

queue.on('error', function(err) {
console.log('Error: ' + err);
});
```

Output:

```
Hello
Error: I stopped the queue
```

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