killing thread ?

[Martin v. Löwis]

Paul Rubin <phr-n2003b at NOSPAMnightsong.com> writes:

> > > so, what about a new PEP : extend the exec method by limiting
> > > the execution time and memory usage ...
> > 
> > That PEP would have to come with a suggested implementation strategy.
> 
> Neither seems terribly difficult; just have the interpreter keep track
> of how much time and memory have been consumed.  CPU time may be hard
> to measure on a per-thread basis, but certainly it can count byte
> codes executed, which should be enough for the purpose.

How about memory usage?

Regards,
Martin