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It always returns immediately. 42 </p> 43<p> 44 For each call to <code class="computeroutput">async_wait()</code>, the supplied handler will be 45 called exactly once. The handler will be called when: 46 </p> 47<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "> 48<li class="listitem"> 49 The timer has expired. 50 </li> 51<li class="listitem"> 52 The timer was cancelled, in which case the handler is passed the error 53 code <code class="computeroutput">boost::asio::error::operation_aborted</code>. 54 </li> 55</ul></div> 56<h6> 57<a name="boost_asio.reference.basic_waitable_timer.async_wait.h0"></a> 58 <span class="phrase"><a name="boost_asio.reference.basic_waitable_timer.async_wait.parameters"></a></span><a class="link" href="async_wait.html#boost_asio.reference.basic_waitable_timer.async_wait.parameters">Parameters</a> 59 </h6> 60<div class="variablelist"> 61<p class="title"><b></b></p> 62<dl class="variablelist"> 63<dt><span class="term">handler</span></dt> 64<dd> 65<p> 66 The handler to be called when the timer expires. Copies will be made 67 of the handler as required. The function signature of the handler 68 must be: 69</p> 70<pre class="programlisting">void handler( 71 const boost::system::error_code& error // Result of operation. 72); 73</pre> 74<p> 75 Regardless of whether the asynchronous operation completes immediately 76 or not, the handler will not be invoked from within this function. 77 On immediate completion, invocation of the handler will be performed 78 in a manner equivalent to using <a class="link" href="../post.html" title="post"><code class="computeroutput">post</code></a>. 79 </p> 80</dd> 81</dl> 82</div> 83</div> 84<table xmlns:rev="http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~gregod/boost/tools/doc/revision" width="100%"><tr> 85<td align="left"></td> 86<td align="right"><div class="copyright-footer">Copyright © 2003-2020 Christopher M. 87 Kohlhoff<p> 88 Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. 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