Simple thread prob

[Aahz Maruch]

In article <n67X4.13491$XW1.115847 at typhoon.hawaii.rr.com>,
Ty K. Kroll <tkroll at hawaii.edu> wrote:
>
>    I'm trying to build a thread that will timeout. I've only used simple
>threading in Python. I'm thinking wait() in Event or join() in Thread may be
>helpful, but the documentation is sparse. Can anyone point me in the right
>direction? Thanks. -Ty

Why do you want the thread to time out?  What is the purpose?
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