On 2006-07-03, Nick Craig-Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Alex Martelli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> DarkBlue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> > try for 10 seconds
>> > if database.connected :
>> > do your remote thing
>> > except raise after 10 seconds
>> > abort any connection attempt
>> > do something else
>>
>> Sure, see function setdefaulttimeout in module socket. Just call it as
>> you wish before trying the DB connection and catch the resulting
>> exception.
>
> It would be nice to have language support for the general case, ie a
> general purpose timeout.
I just use signal.alarm():
import signal,sys
def alarmHandler(signum, frame):
raise 'Timeout'
signal.signal(signal.SIGALRM, alarmHandler)
while 1:
try:
signal.alarm(5)
t = sys.stdin.readline()
signal.alarm(0)
print t
except 'Timeout':
print "too slow"
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