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+// Copyright 2009 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package time
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"syscall"
+)
+
+// Sleep pauses the current goroutine for at least ns nanoseconds.
+// Higher resolution sleeping may be provided by syscall.Nanosleep 
+// on some operating systems.
+func Sleep(ns int64) os.Error {
+	_, err := sleep(Nanoseconds(), ns)
+	return err
+}
+
+// After waits at least ns nanoseconds before sending the current time
+// on the returned channel.
+func After(ns int64) <-chan int64 {
+	t := Nanoseconds()
+	ch := make(chan int64, 1)
+	go func() {
+		t, _ = sleep(t, ns)
+		ch <- t
+	}()
+	return ch
+}
+
+// sleep takes the current time and a duration,
+// pauses for at least ns nanoseconds, and
+// returns the current time and an error.
+func sleep(t, ns int64) (int64, os.Error) {
+	// TODO(cw): use monotonic-time once it's available
+	end := t + ns
+	for t < end {
+		errno := syscall.Sleep(end - t)
+		if errno != 0 && errno != syscall.EINTR {
+			return 0, os.NewSyscallError("sleep", errno)
+		}
+		t = Nanoseconds()
+	}
+	return t, nil
+}