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B<Note>: You can set a per-callback-execution timeout via
L<timeout()|/timeout($seconds)> before calling C<start()> to have the event
terminate itself if a callback runs longer than the specified number of seconds.

B<Note>: You can set L<immediate()|/immediate($value)> to have the callback fire
immediately on C<start()>, rather than waiting for the first interval.

=head2 start(@params)

Starts the event timer. Each time the interval is reached, the event callback
is executed.

Parameters:

    @params

Optional, List: A list of parameters that the callback will receive each time
the callback is called. This is most effective in single-run mode so you can
send in different parameter values on each incarnation. The parameters can be
any type of any complexity. Your callback will get them in whatever order you