try {
          @RetainedLocalRef ScheduledFuture<?> timer = timeoutFuture.timer;
          timeoutFuture.timer = null; // Don't include already elapsed delay in delegate.toString()
          String message = "Timed out";
          // This try-finally block ensures that we complete the timeout future, even if attempting
          // to produce the message throws (probably StackOverflowError from delegate.toString())
          try {

  private Futures() {}

  /**
   * Creates a {@code ListenableFuture} which has its value set immediately upon construction. The
   * getters just return the value. This {@code Future} can't be canceled or timed out and its
   * {@code isDone()} method always returns {@code true}.
   */
  public static <V extends @Nullable Object> ListenableFuture<V> immediateFuture(
      @ParametricNullness V value) {
    if (value == null) {

  private Futures() {}

  /**
   * Creates a {@code ListenableFuture} which has its value set immediately upon construction. The
   * getters just return the value. This {@code Future} can't be canceled or timed out and its
   * {@code isDone()} method always returns {@code true}.
   */
  public static <V extends @Nullable Object> ListenableFuture<V> immediateFuture(
      @ParametricNullness V value) {
    if (value == null) {

	select {
	case err := <-c:
		if err == nil {
			t.Error("error expected")
		} else if err != io.ErrNoProgress {
			t.Error("unexpected error:", err)
		}
	case <-time.After(time.Second):
		t.Error("test timed out (endless loop in ReadByte?)")
	}
}

// A StringReader delivers its data one string segment at a time via Read.
type StringReader struct {
	data []string
	step int
}

*  Added `keras.utils.TimedThread` utility to run a timed thread every x seconds. It can be used to run a threaded function alongside model training or any other snippet of code.