关于erlang中的timer:send_after

erlang中有两个延时发送消息的函数erlang:send_after/3, timer:send_after/3,有什么区别呢?

看下timer:send_after/3的源码

send_after(Time, Pid, Message) -> 
    req(apply_after, {Time, {?MODULE, send, [Pid, Message]}})

req(Req, Arg) ->
    SysTime = system_time(),
    ensure_started(),
    gen_server:call(timer_server, {Req, Arg, SysTime}, infinity)

handle_call({apply_after, {Time, Op}, Started}, _From, _Ts) 
  when is_integer(Time), Time >= 0 ->
    BRef = {Started + 1000*Time, make_ref()},
   %返回给调用进程的数据，{到期时间，ref}
    Timer = {BRef, timeout, Op},
 
    e