I'm in two minds as to whether this should be a function of gotest.
Tests that can flake out like this should be rare enough that we
needn't add more mechanism.
R=r
CC=golang-dev
https://golang.org/cl/4335042
Also simplify sleeper algorithm and poll
occasionally so redundant sleeper goroutines
will quit sooner.
R=r, niemeyer, r2
CC=golang-dev
https://golang.org/cl/4063043
The After code is trivially generalisable to provide support
for this, and it is possible to use AfterFunc to do
things that After cannot, such as waiting
for many events at varied times without an overhead
of one goroutine per event.
R=rsc, r
CC=golang-dev
https://golang.org/cl/3905041
Permits one to easily put a timeout in a select:
select {
case <-ch:
// foo
case <-time.After(1e6):
// bar
}
R=r, rog, rsc, sameer1, PeterGo, iant, nigeltao_gnome
CC=golang-dev
https://golang.org/cl/2321043
