From: Chuckl <Killian2422@...>
Date: 2004-12-10T00:52:27+09:00
Subject: Timeout Idiom

This idiom has been a decent shortcut for my work:

require 'timeout'


def timeout?(sec)
begin
freq = [0.01, sec / 1000].max
timeout(sec) {
while true
return false if yield
sleep(freq)
end
}
rescue Timeout::Error
return true
end
end


Code police may even approve, since 'timeout.rb' kinda uses
exception-throwing as flow control.