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Any pending asynchronous wait operations 39 will be cancelled. The handler for each cancelled operation will be invoked 40 with the <code class="computeroutput">boost::asio::error::operation_aborted</code> error code. 41 </p> 42<h6> 43<a name="boost_asio.reference.basic_waitable_timer.expires_after.h0"></a> 44 <span class="phrase"><a name="boost_asio.reference.basic_waitable_timer.expires_after.parameters"></a></span><a class="link" href="expires_after.html#boost_asio.reference.basic_waitable_timer.expires_after.parameters">Parameters</a> 45 </h6> 46<div class="variablelist"> 47<p class="title"><b></b></p> 48<dl class="variablelist"> 49<dt><span class="term">expiry_time</span></dt> 50<dd><p> 51 The expiry time to be used for the timer. 52 </p></dd> 53</dl> 54</div> 55<h6> 56<a name="boost_asio.reference.basic_waitable_timer.expires_after.h1"></a> 57 <span class="phrase"><a name="boost_asio.reference.basic_waitable_timer.expires_after.return_value"></a></span><a class="link" href="expires_after.html#boost_asio.reference.basic_waitable_timer.expires_after.return_value">Return 58 Value</a> 59 </h6> 60<p> 61 The number of asynchronous operations that were cancelled. 62 </p> 63<h6> 64<a name="boost_asio.reference.basic_waitable_timer.expires_after.h2"></a> 65 <span class="phrase"><a name="boost_asio.reference.basic_waitable_timer.expires_after.exceptions"></a></span><a class="link" href="expires_after.html#boost_asio.reference.basic_waitable_timer.expires_after.exceptions">Exceptions</a> 66 </h6> 67<div class="variablelist"> 68<p class="title"><b></b></p> 69<dl class="variablelist"> 70<dt><span class="term">boost::system::system_error</span></dt> 71<dd><p> 72 Thrown on failure. 73 </p></dd> 74</dl> 75</div> 76<h6> 77<a name="boost_asio.reference.basic_waitable_timer.expires_after.h3"></a> 78 <span class="phrase"><a name="boost_asio.reference.basic_waitable_timer.expires_after.remarks"></a></span><a class="link" href="expires_after.html#boost_asio.reference.basic_waitable_timer.expires_after.remarks">Remarks</a> 79 </h6> 80<p> 81 If the timer has already expired when <code class="computeroutput">expires_after()</code> is called, 82 then the handlers for asynchronous wait operations will: 83 </p> 84<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "> 85<li class="listitem"> 86 have already been invoked; or 87 </li> 88<li class="listitem"> 89 have been queued for invocation in the near future. 90 </li> 91</ul></div> 92<p> 93 These handlers can no longer be cancelled, and therefore are passed an 94 error code that indicates the successful completion of the wait operation. 95 </p> 96</div> 97<table xmlns:rev="http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~gregod/boost/tools/doc/revision" width="100%"><tr> 98<td align="left"></td> 99<td align="right"><div class="copyright-footer">Copyright © 2003-2020 Christopher M. 100 Kohlhoff<p> 101 Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. 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