Inspired by quickbuild failure, where `g:val` was increased already:
20:07:04,227 INFO - not ok 1164 - timers works with repeat two
20:07:04,227 INFO - # test/functional/eval/timer_spec.lua @ 36
20:07:04,227 INFO - # Failure message: test/functional/eval/timer_spec.lua:38: Expected objects to be the same.
20:07:04,227 INFO - # Passed in:
20:07:04,227 INFO - # (number) 1
20:07:04,227 INFO - # Expected:
20:07:04,227 INFO - # (number) 0
20:07:04,227 INFO - # stack traceback:
20:07:04,227 INFO - # test/functional/eval/timer_spec.lua:38: in function <test/functional/eval/timer_spec.lua:36>
Uses a pattern of `eq()`ing `timer_start` and `g:val` in the same `eval`
call, and decreases timeouts in general.
Improves runtime from ~5s to <2s.