Pick your poison

App.scala

  val log = new {def warn(a:Any) {}}


  val timeoutWarn = () => log.warn("Actor ask timed-out while calling HttpClient") 
 
  def handleTimeouts[A](response : Option[(Int, Option[String])], 
                         method : (Int, Option[String]) => List[A]):List[A] = {    
    //           method application .... or   warning on timeout and emptyList 
    response.map(method.tupled(_)).getOrElse({timeoutWarn(); List.empty[A]})
  }
  

  def handleTimeouts2[A](response : Option[(Int, Option[String])], 
                         method : (Int, Option[String]) => List[A]):List[A] = {
    //           method application or   warning on timeout 
    response match {
    	case  Some(res)  =>  method.tupled(res)
    	case  None => timeoutWarn(); List.empty[A]
    }
  }