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GASRetry - Exponential backoff JavaScript implementation for Google Apps Script (Library project key: "MGJu3PS2ZYnANtJ9kyn2vnlLDhaBgl_dE")
/**
* Invokes a function, performing up to 5 retries with exponential backoff.
* Retries with delays of approximately 1, 2, 4, 8 then 16 seconds for a total of
* about 32 seconds before it gives up and rethrows the last error.
* See: https://developers.google.com/google-apps/documents-list/#implementing_exponential_backoff
<h3>Examples:</h3>
<pre>//Calls an anonymous function that concatenates a greeting with the current Apps user's email
var example1 = GASRetry.call(function(){return "Hello, " + Session.getActiveUser().getEmail();});
</pre><pre>//Calls an existing function
var example2 = GASRetry.call(myFunction);