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1.136.4 ProcessorScheduler: idle tasks

idle

Private - Call the next idle task. Return whether GNU Smalltalk should pause until the next OS signal.

idleAdd: aBlock

Register aBlock to be executed when things are idle

initialize

Private - Start the finalization process.

pause: aBoolean

Private - Pause for some time if aBoolean is false, or until a signal if it is true.

startFinalizers

Private - Fire a low-priority process to finalize the objects

update: aSymbol

If we left some work behind when the image was saved, do it now.