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a timer in erlang
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timer.erl
-module(timer).
-export([start/2, cancle/1]).
start(Time, Fun) ->
spawn(fun() -> timer(Time, Fun) end)).
cancle(Pid) -> Pid ! cancle.
timer(Time, Fun) ->
receive
cancle ->
void
after Time ->
Fun()
end.
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call as

Pid = start(5000, fun() -> io:format("timer event~n") end).

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