From 91a628eeb357a5397e988ed34045c733d0d2c5b5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Avraham Sakal <avraham@torahanytime.com>
Date: Tue, 16 May 2023 21:06:43 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] add Interpreter().start() for convenient start-upon-creation

---
 src/index.ts | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 0fe9fc7..2b7a20d 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ export interface Interpreter_T {
   subscriptions: Record<string, SubscriptionCallbackFunction_T>;
   isTransitioning: boolean;
   isPaused: boolean;
+  start: ()=>Interpreter_T;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -58,7 +59,9 @@ export interface Interpreter_T {
  */
 export function Interpreter(machine:Machine_T, initialContext:any, initialStateName?:string) : Interpreter_T{
   if(typeof initialStateName === 'undefined'){ initialStateName = machine.states[0].name; }
-  const interpreter = {machine, state: initialStateName, context:initialContext, eventQueue:[], isTransitioning:false, subscriptions: {}, isPaused: true}
+  //@ts-expect-error
+  const interpreter : Interpreter_T = {machine, state: initialStateName, context:initialContext, eventQueue:[], isTransitioning:false, subscriptions: {}, isPaused: true};
+  interpreter.start = ()=>{ start(interpreter); return interpreter; }
   send(interpreter, ['entry', null] );
   return interpreter;
 }