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authordrbrain <drbrain@b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e>2011-05-22 02:27:09 +0000
committerdrbrain <drbrain@b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e>2011-05-22 02:27:09 +0000
commit883fb2bbfc1b2653cdb56346cd47b05550c85099 (patch)
tree4a7dce28bf8fc72f84d88ab6b977165ea04b548e /lib/timeout.rb
parent95e1fc5b4e3125e866ec855dec7c2d888706dd00 (diff)
* lib/timeout.rb: Improve documentation. Patch by David Copeland.
[Ruby 1.9 - Bug #4755] git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@31687 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/timeout.rb')
-rw-r--r--lib/timeout.rb47
1 files changed, 27 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/lib/timeout.rb b/lib/timeout.rb
index f9d52abda6..4e4612bf08 100644
--- a/lib/timeout.rb
+++ b/lib/timeout.rb
@@ -1,23 +1,22 @@
-# = timeout.rb
+# Timeout long-running blocks
#
-# execution timeout
-#
-# = Synopsis
+# == Synopsis
#
# require 'timeout'
# status = Timeout::timeout(5) {
-# # Something that should be interrupted if it takes too much time...
+# # Something that should be interrupted if it takes more than 5 seconds...
# }
#
-# = Description
+# == Description
#
-# A way of performing a potentially long-running operation in a thread, and terminating
-# it's execution if it hasn't finished by a fixed amount of time.
+# Timeout provides a way to auto-terminate a potentially long-running
+# operation if it hasn't finished in a fixed amount of time.
#
-# Previous versions of timeout didn't provide use a module for namespace. This version
-# provides both Timeout.timeout, and a backwards-compatible #timeout.
+# Previous versions didn't use a module for namespacing, however
+# #timeout is provided for backwards compatibility. You
+# should prefer Timeout#timeout instead.
#
-# = Copyright
+# == Copyright
#
# Copyright:: (C) 2000 Network Applied Communication Laboratory, Inc.
# Copyright:: (C) 2000 Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan
@@ -34,14 +33,22 @@ module Timeout
CALLER_OFFSET = ((c = caller[0]) && THIS_FILE =~ c) ? 1 : 0
# :startdoc:
- # Executes the method's block. If the block execution terminates before
- # +sec+ seconds has passed, it returns the result value of the block.
- # If not, it terminates the execution and raises +exception+ (which defaults
- # to Timeout::Error).
+ # Perform an operation in a block, timing it out if it takes longer
+ # than +sec+ seconds to complete.
+ #
+ # +sec+:: number of seconds to wait for the block to terminate
+ # +klass+:: Exception Class to raise if the block fails to terminate
+ # in +sec+ seconds. Omitting will use the default, Timeout::Error
+ #
+ # The block will be executed on another thread and will be given one
+ # argument: +sec+.
+ #
+ # Returns the result of the block *if* the block completed before
+ # +sec+ seconds, otherwise throws an exception, based on the value of +klass+.
#
- # Note that this is both a method of module Timeout, so you can 'include Timeout'
- # into your classes so they have a #timeout method, as well as a module method,
- # so you can call it directly as Timeout.timeout().
+ # Note that this is both a method of module Timeout, so you can <tt>include
+ # Timeout</tt> into your classes so they have a #timeout method, as well as
+ # a module method, so you can call it directly as Timeout.timeout().
def timeout(sec, klass = nil) #:yield: +sec+
return yield(sec) if sec == nil or sec.zero?
exception = klass || Class.new(ExitException)
@@ -85,8 +92,8 @@ end
#
# Timeout::timeout(n, e, &block).
#
-# Defined for backwards compatibility with earlier versions of timeout.rb, see
-# Timeout#timeout.
+# This method is deprecated and provided only for backwards compatibility.
+# You should use Timeout#timeout instead.
def timeout(n, e = nil, &block)
Timeout::timeout(n, e, &block)
end