Control.Concurrent.Suspend.Lifted

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suspend :: MonadBase IO m => Delay -> m ()

Analogy of threadDelay that allows for longer delays.

Suspends the current thread for the given delay (GHC only).

There is no guarantee that the thread will be rescheduled promptly when the delay has expired, but the thread will never continue to run earlier than specified.

data Delay

DELAY

TODO: * Add overflow checks.

Type representing delay in microseconds.

usDelay :: Int64 -> Delay

Delay in microseconds.

msDelay :: Int64 -> Delay

Delay in milliseconds.

sDelay :: Int64 -> Delay

Delay in seconds.

mDelay :: Int64 -> Delay

Delay in minutes.

hDelay :: Int64 -> Delay

Delay in hours.

(.+.) :: Delay -> Delay -> Delay

Sums two delays.