Timeout for WaitGroup.Wait()

Question

What is an idiomatic way to assign a timeout to WaitGroup.Wait() ?

The reason I want to do this, is to safeguard my \'scheduler\' from potentially awaiting an errant \'w

Answer 1

I did it like this: http://play.golang.org/p/eWv0fRlLEC

go func() {
    wg.Wait()
    c <- struct{}{}
}()
timeout := time.Duration(1) * time.Second
fmt.Printf("Wait for waitgroup (up to %s)\n", timeout)
select {
case <-c:
    fmt.Printf("Wait group finished\n")
case <-time.After(timeout):
    fmt.Printf("Timed out waiting for wait group\n")
}
fmt.Printf("Free at last\n")

It works fine, but is it the best way to do it?