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# 229 Cancel an operation
Interrupt an ongoing processing p.
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import "context"
ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
go p(ctx)

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cancel()

Pass a Context to p and execute p.
p is responsible for shutting down gracefully when ctx is canceled

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