dirbaio[m]: > <@dirbaio:matrix.org> question for you Ben Ph:
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> If we have a driver waiting for the timer to hit 10s, with an impl that overflows at 5s. Given these two scenarios
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> option A: trait forces implementor to return `Err(Overflow)` on overflow.  -> user gets an error, they find the problem and fix it.
> option B: trait leaves overflow to the implementation. the implementation chooses to silently overflow -> timer cycles forever 0..5, user sees the driver hangs and has no idea why.
> 
> are you seriously saying we should do B instead of A?

About this: (DISCLAIMER: maybe I'm saying a stupid thing) would it make sense to have a const generic with the maximum wait in, let's say, milliseconds?