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dnmellen/timeout_decorator.py

Created January 23, 2014 15:39
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  1. dnmellen created this gist Jan 23, 2014.
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    import threading
    import logging
    from functools import wraps


    logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)


    def timeout(secs=None):
    def my_decorator(target, *args, **kwargs):
    def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
    t = threading.Thread(target=target, args=args, kwargs=kwargs)
    t.start()
    returned_value = t.join(secs)
    if t.is_alive():
    logger.warning('Timeout in thread running {}'.format(target))
    return returned_value
    return wraps(target)(wrapper)
    return my_decorator