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author | Emilio Jesus Gallego Arias <e+git@x80.org> | 2018-05-07 16:09:24 +0200 |
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committer | Emilio Jesus Gallego Arias <e+git@x80.org> | 2018-05-07 17:34:18 +0200 |
commit | ca65a79c1d2aa0e64e8974ea167029e6c48c4924 (patch) | |
tree | 995c8365969710725b3f24247ef9388b511edf72 /lib/control.mli | |
parent | 6c8b00e47334f60f200256d45a5542fa80ce4b12 (diff) |
[lib] Re-add `set_timeout` to help users workaround #7408
It seems like #7408 will need some potentially intrusive work, so
let's add the low-level hook back so third party developments can work
well with `8.8.1/master` for the moment.
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/control.mli')
-rw-r--r-- | lib/control.mli | 5 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/control.mli b/lib/control.mli index 415e05462..59e2a1515 100644 --- a/lib/control.mli +++ b/lib/control.mli @@ -24,3 +24,8 @@ val check_for_interrupt : unit -> unit val timeout : int -> ('a -> 'b) -> 'a -> exn -> 'b (** [timeout n f x e] tries to compute [f x], and if it fails to do so before [n] seconds, it raises [e] instead. *) + +(** Set a particular timeout function; warning, this is an internal + API and it is scheduled to go away. *) +type timeout = { timeout : 'a 'b. int -> ('a -> 'b) -> 'a -> exn -> 'b } +val set_timeout : timeout -> unit |