feature request. button_a.both_are_pressed() / button_b.both_were_pressed()

[rhubarbdog]

is it possible to add button methods to both buttons a an b to detect when both were pressed. microsoft makecode (java) supports both buttons being pressed as a trigger for a callback. I've written code to execute a function if both are pressed, but it requies loads of running_time() calculations to trigger events a then b or event a+b

[ZanderBrown]

Well JavaScript does things slightly differently (as noted it uses events)

both_are_pressed doesn't make sense on a single button

What would this do differently compared to

if button_a.is_pressed() and button_b.is_pressed():
    # Thing

[rhubarbdog]

if you consider the code

if button_a.is_pressed() and button_b.is_pressed():
     #item both
elif button_a.is_pressed():
    #item A
elif button_b.is_pressed():
    #item B 

there's a race condition, it's nearly impossible to press both buttons at the same time, I was kind of thinking that when pressing buttons button_a.is_pressed() would return false if both buttons were pressed. button_a.both_are_pressed() is a little confusing but the only other option is to create a new button object button_ab or button_both

[MrYsLab]

If first testing if either of the buttons is pressed and then adding a short delay before reading the other button, wouldn't that solve the "race" condition?