Merge pull request #1783 from paulkaplan/emit-start-event

Emit a RUNTIME_STARTED event to track if the vm has been started

src/engine/runtime.js

@@ -605,6 +605,14 @@ class Runtime extends EventEmitter {
         return 'BLOCKSINFO_UPDATE';
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Event name when the runtime tick loop has been started.
+     * @const {string}
+     */
+    static get RUNTIME_STARTED () {
+        return 'RUNTIME_STARTED';
+    }
+
     /**
      * How rapidly we try to step threads by default, in ms.
      */
@@ -2172,6 +2180,7 @@ class Runtime extends EventEmitter {
         this._steppingInterval = setInterval(() => {
             this._step();
         }, interval);
+        this.emit(Runtime.RUNTIME_STARTED);
     }
 
     /**