Timeout Operation
Author: stmuk
You want to timeout an operation (possibly long running)
Source code: 16-01-operation-timeout.p6
use v6; constant timeout = 3; my $done = start { say "starting to sleep..."; sleep 10; # long running operation here } await Promise.anyof($done, Promise.in(timeout)); if $done { say "operation completed"; } else { warn "timed out after {timeout} sec(s)"; }