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+// Copyright 2012 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+package timeout
+
+import (
+	"time"
+)
+
+func Timeout() {
+	ch := make(chan bool, 1)
+	timeout := make(chan bool, 1)
+	go func() {
+		time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
+		timeout <- true
+	}()
+
+	// STOP OMIT
+
+	select {
+	case <-ch:
+		// a read from ch has occurred
+	case <-timeout:
+		// the read from ch has timed out
+	}
+
+	// STOP OMIT
+}