Terminating a function

[Astan Chee]

Hi,
Im rather new to threads in python but Im trying to terminate a function 
call (or the execution of the function) after a certain period of time 
has passed.
Do i need to use threads with this? if i do, how do i go about doing it?
Thanks
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