Suggestion for (re)try statement

[Lasse Vågsæther Karlsen]

Sori Schwimmer wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I think that would be useful to have an improved
> version of the "try" statement, as follows:
> 
> try(retrys=0,timeout=0):
<snip>
>       sleep(timeout)
<snip>

At the very least, "timeout" is the wrong wording, "delay" would be more 
appropriate. A timeout is usually associated with starting a task and 
waiting for it to complete, and continuing if it fails to complete in a 
given timeframe, typically also aborting the task at the same time (ie. 
executing a database query, connecting to a server, waiting for an 
event/lock, etc.).

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