Timeout on read()?

[Moshe Zadka]

On 20 Aug 2000, Gerrit Holl wrote:

> On Wed, 16 Aug 2000 10:46:08 +0800, lec wrote:
> > Is it possible to implement timeout on read?
> > 
> > eg.
> > 
> > answer = sys.stdin.readline()
> > 
> > but I want it to timeout after 30 seconds.
> 
> It's not crossplatform, but on Unix, the signal
> module is your friend.

On the other hand, for good cross-platform solution, you can
use the "select" module. 

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