Programming-Idioms

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# 229 Cancel an operation

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Interrupt an ongoing processing p.

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import "context"

ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
go p(ctx)

somethingElse()

cancel()

uses Process;

var
  P: TProcess;
begin
  ...
  P.Execute;
  //do something else
  P.Terminate(0);
end.

use Coro;

my $coro = async {
   # do work
};
 
$coro->cancel;  # or $coro->safe_cancel