Time limited threads?

[Aahz Maruch]

In article <9591b8$2if at news.or.intel.com>,
Miki Tebeka <tebeka at lycosmail.com> wrote:
>
>Is there a way I can limit a threads execution time? (and then resume it
>later?)

Not directly in standard Python.

>Background:
>We're giving an exercise in scheduling.
>I'd like to give the students a service that runs one thread for a given
>time quota.
>Then they will write the scheduler.

You might try looking at microthreads.
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