Time out

[Ashley Yakeley]

At 2002-09-10 03:03, Koen Claessen wrote:

>What is the recommended way of implementing the function:
>
>  timeOut :: Int -> IO a -> IO (Maybe a)
>
>which takes a maximum number of seconds (say), an IO action,
>and tries to run the IO action in the specified time. If it
>succeeds, it returns just the answer, otherwise it returns
>Nothing.

Sounds rather unsafe. What happens to the IO action after the specified 
time?

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Ashley Yakeley, Seattle WA