my $w; $w = AnyEvent->timer(

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$w_cond->send();

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$w->recv; # enters "main loop" till $condvar gets ->send

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my $w; $w = AnyEvent->timer(
    after => 0,
    interval => 5,
    cb => sub {
        $session->write('5 seconds have passed');
    }
);

my $timeout_timer; $timeout_timer = AnyEvent->timer(
    after => 0,
    interval => 30,
    cb => sub {
        undef $w;
        undef $timeout_timer;
        $session->write('Timeout after 30 seconds');
        $w_cond->send();
    }
);