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Golang context.WithTimeout Demo
package main
import (
"context"
"fmt"
"time"
)
func main() {
wait := make(chan bool)
ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 3200*time.Millisecond)
defer cancel()
go func() {
select {
case <-ctx.Done():
fmt.Println("Timeout:", string(time.Now().Format("05.00")))
err := ctx.Err()
if err != nil {
fmt.Println("in <-ctx.Done(): ", err)
}
// main app is blocking, waiting to hear about how this went
wait<-true
break
}
}()
time.Sleep(2 * time.Second)
fmt.Println("first sleep completed, ",string(time.Now().Format("05.00")))
//cancel()
time.Sleep(2 * time.Second)
fmt.Println("after second sleep done, ", string(time.Now().Format("05.00")))
<-wait // for the goroutine we started earlier
}
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