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# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""
Definition of timeout decorators.
If the clock time of a function/method call, decorated with @timeout,
exceeds a given limit, a handler will be called and the call will be
terminated.
The timeout decorator currently only works in Unix systems.
Copyright (C) 2013 Balthazar Rouberol - <brouberol@imap.cc>
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
"""
import signal
class Timeout(Exception):
pass
def timeout_handler(signum, frame):
raise Timeout
def timeout(limit, handler):
"""A decorator ensuring that the decorated function tun time does not
exceeds the argument limit.
:args limit: the time limit
:type limit: int
:args handler: the handler function called when the decorated
function times out.
:type handler: callable
Example:
>>>def timeout_handler(limit, f, *args, **kwargs):
... print "{func} call timed out after {lim}s.".format(
... func=f.__name__, lim=limit)
...
>>>@timeout(limit=5, handler=timeout_handler)
... def work(foo, bar, baz="spam")
... time.sleep(10)
>>>work("foo", "bar", "baz")
# time passes...
work call timed out after 5s.
>>>
"""
def wrapper(f):
def wrapped_f(*args, **kwargs):
old_handler = signal.getsignal(signal.SIGALRM)
signal.signal(signal.SIGALRM, timeout_handler)
signal.alarm(limit)
try:
res = f(*args, **kwargs)
except Timeout:
handler(limit, f, args, kwargs)
else:
return res
finally:
signal.signal(signal.SIGALRM, old_handler)
signal.alarm(0)
return wrapped_f
return wrapper