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author | matz <matz@b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e> | 1999-01-20 04:59:39 +0000 |
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committer | matz <matz@b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e> | 1999-01-20 04:59:39 +0000 |
commit | 62e648e148b3cb9f96dcce808c55c02b7ccb4486 (patch) | |
tree | 9708892ece92e860d81559ab55e6b1f9400d7ffc /lib/timeout.rb | |
parent | aeb049c573be4dc24dd20650f40e4777e0f698cf (diff) |
ruby 1.3 cycle
git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/branches/RUBY@372 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e
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diff --git a/lib/timeout.rb b/lib/timeout.rb new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..d4ea758acd --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/timeout.rb @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ +# +# timeout.rb -- execution timeout +# +#= SYNOPSIS +# +# require 'timeout' +# status = timeout(5) { +# # something may take time +# } +# +#= DESCRIPTION +# +# timeout executes the block. If the block execution terminates successfully +# before timeout, it returns true. If not, it terminates the execution and +# raise TimeoutError exception. +# +#== Parameters +# +# : timout +# +# The time in seconds to wait for block teminatation. +# +#=end + +class TimeoutError<StandardError +end + +Thread.abort_on_exception = true + +def timeout(sec) + begin + x = Thread.current + y = Thread.start { + sleep sec + x.raise TimeoutError, "execution expired" if x.status + } + yield sec + return true + ensure + Thread.kill y if y.status + end +end |