question atomic

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timercpp/timercpp.h

Line 7 in fbf9110

std::atomic<bool> active{true};

Hey,
why is this initialized to true this does not make any sense to me. Like this there is no way to check if its already running.
I use it in a loop and need to check if the timer is already running.

And why is there no function to check if its already running? I use function like this.
bool Timer::state() { return active; }