use std::{thread, time::Duration}; fn main() { let on_timeout = || { println!("timeout!"); }; // 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_timeout = Box::leak(Box::new(on_timeout)); let cancel = spawn_timeout::spawn_timeout(static_on_timeout, Duration::from_secs(3)); let _ = spawn_timeout::spawn_timeout(static_on_timeout, Duration::from_secs(3)); // Waiting before cancelling this instance of spawn_timeout. thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(1500)); cancel(); println!("The first instance of spawn_timeout has been succesfully stopped"); // Sleeping for a long time for the sake of this example. thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(u64::MAX)); }