From: Daniel Berger <djberg96@...>
Date: 2006-06-10T01:22:06+09:00
Subject: Re: Package idea: attempt

ara.t.howard@noaa.gov wrote:
> On Sat, 10 Jun 2006, Daniel Berger wrote:
> 
>> It would error out at 90 seconds no matter what (the value we set to 
>> 'max'). I'm not sure if that's possible, however, or even how you 
>> would implement it. Thoughts?
> 
> something like:
> 
> 
>   def done
>     synchronize(:SH){ @done }
>   end
> 
>   def done=d
>     synchronize(:EX){ @done=d }
>   end
> 
>   def ensure_max!
>     @max ||= Thread.new(max, Thread.current) do |m,c|
>       sleep max
>       c.raise MaxError unless done
>     end
>   end
> 
>   def attempt
>     ...
>   ensure
>     @max.kill
>   end
> 
> 
> or something like that ;-)
> 
> -a

Hm....this has potential.  I might be asking you for some help in the 
future.

Thanks,

Dan