bombfuse 0.2.1

Specify a timeout with any given function

bombfuse

Python module for specifying timeouts when executing functions

Installation

To install this package, run the following command:

$ pip install bombfuse

Usage

>>> import time
>>> import bombfuse
>>> # here's an infinite loop
>>> def func(msg):
>>>     while True:
>>>         time.sleep(1)
>>>         print msg
>>>
>>> # time out in 5 seconds
>>> bombfuse.timeout(5, func, "Hello world!")
Hello world!
Hello world!
Hello world!
Hello world!
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "bombfuse\__init__.py", line 64, in timeout
    raise e
bombfuse.TimeoutError: The function 'func' timed out
>>>