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From: Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net>
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Subject: Re: cross platform alternative for signal.SIGALRM?
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2015 18:30:23 +0200
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Ulli Horlacher <framstag@rus.uni-stuttgart.de>:

> What is the best practise for a cross platform timeout handler?

Here's the simplest answer:

   https://docs.python.org/3/library/threading.html#threading.Timer

(Also available in Python 2.)


Marko