Timing out arbitrary functions

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Sat, 24 Dec 2005 04:47:34 -0800, Paul Rubin wrote:

> Steven D'Aprano <steve at REMOVETHIScyber.com.au> writes:
>> How do others handle something like this? What should I be looking for?
>> I'm after a lightweight solution, if any such thing exists.
> 
> Is something stopping you from using sigalarm?

Pure ignorance of its existence.


Thanks, I'll check it out.


-- 
Steven.