Cancel a timed event in Swift?

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Swift 3 has DispatchWorkItem:

let task = DispatchWorkItem { print("do something") }

// execute task in 2 seconds
DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: DispatchTime.now() + 2, execute: task)

// optional: cancel task
task.cancel()

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