use std::{ sync::{Arc, Mutex}, thread, time::Duration, }; fn main() { // The data shared with the given callback has to be thread-safe. // https://doc.rust-lang.org/nomicon/send-and-sync.html let counter = Arc::new(Mutex::new(10)); let cancel_option: Arc>>> = Arc::new(Mutex::new(None)); let cancel_option_clone = cancel_option.clone(); let on_tick = move || { let mut c = counter.lock().unwrap(); if *c == 0 { cancel_option_clone.lock().unwrap().as_ref().unwrap()(); println!("We have a liftoff!"); println!("This instance of set_interval has been succesfully stopped"); } else { println!("{}", c); *c -= 1; } }; // Leaking this inner function to make its lifetime as 'static. // https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/boxed/struct.Box.html#method.leak let static_on_tick = Box::leak(Box::new(on_tick)); let cancel = set_interval::set_interval(static_on_tick, Duration::from_secs(1)); *cancel_option.lock().unwrap() = Some(cancel); // Sleeping for a long time for the sake of this example. thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(u64::MAX)); }