Michael Yanowitz wrote: > > I guess I am looking for something portable (both > Windows and Linux) where I can abort a function after > a certain time limit expires.
Doing a search for "timeout function Python" on Google reveals a number of approaches. Using signals: * http://nick.vargish.org/clues/python-tricks.html * http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/307871 Using threads: * http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/473878 Using processes: * http://lfw.org/python/delegate.html Paul -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
