From: "kosaki (Motohiro KOSAKI)" Date: 2013-04-18T06:27:44+09:00 Subject: [ruby-core:54410] [Backport93 - Backport #8187][Rejected] timeout doesn't interrupt assignment. Issue #8187 has been updated by kosaki (Motohiro KOSAKI). Status changed from Open to Rejected ---------------------------------------- Backport #8187: timeout doesn't interrupt assignment. https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/8187#change-38678 Author: robertgleeson (Robert Gleeson) Status: Rejected Priority: Normal Assignee: Category: Target version: Timeout does not interrupt & raise like usual with this example code: require 'timeout' Timeout.timeout(0.5) do x = " "*(2**31) end -- http://bugs.ruby-lang.org/