// Copyright 2014 The Go Authors. All rights reserved. // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style // license that can be found in the LICENSE file. package context_test import ( "fmt" "time" "golang.org/x/net/context" ) func ExampleWithTimeout() { // Pass a context with a timeout to tell a blocking function that it // should abandon its work after the timeout elapses. ctx, _ := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 100*time.Millisecond) select { case <-time.After(200 * time.Millisecond): fmt.Println("overslept") case <-ctx.Done(): fmt.Println(ctx.Err()) // prints "context deadline exceeded" } // Output: // context deadline exceeded }