gistfile1.txt

=========== put this in timeout.py ==============

from functools import wraps
import errno
import os
import signal

class TimeoutError(Exception):
    pass

def timeout(seconds=10, error_message=os.strerror(errno.ETIME)):
    def decorator(func):
        def _handle_timeout(signum, frame):
            raise TimeoutError(error_message)

        def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
            signal.signal(signal.SIGALRM, _handle_timeout)
            signal.setitimer(signal.ITIMER_REAL,seconds) #used timer instead of alarm
            try:
                result = func(*args, **kwargs)
            finally:
                signal.alarm(0)
            return result

        return wraps(func)(wrapper)

    return decorator



=========== put this as test.py in samem folder as timeout.py ============
from timeout import *

@timeout(0.1)
def f ( x0 ) : 
  x1 = [ ] 
  x2 = [ 0.0 ] 
  while x1 < x2 : 
    if x1 == 0 : 
      x3 [ 0 ] = 0.0 
    elif x1 == 1 : 
      x3 . append ( x0 [ x1 ] ) 
  else : 
    for x2 in range ( 1 , len ( x0 ) ) : 
      x3 . append ( x0 [ x1 ] * ( x1 - 1 ) ) 
    x1 = x1 + 1 
  return x3 

f([1,2,3,4,5])

@timeout(0.1)
def g ():
  x = 1
  while True:
    x = x % 2

g()

============= work around (wtf) =============
@timeout(0.1)
def f1 ( x0 ) : 
  print "1"
  x1 = [ ] 
  print "2"
  x2 = [ 0.0 ] 
  print "3"
  while x1 < x2 : 
    print "4"
    if x1 == 0 : 
      print "5"
      x3 [ 0 ] = 0.0 
      print "6"
    elif x1 == 1 : 
      print "7"
      x3 . append ( x0 [ x1 ] ) 
      print "8"
  else : 
    print "9"
    for x2 in range ( 1 , len ( x0 ) ) : 
      print "10"
      x3 . append ( x0 [ x1 ] * ( x1 - 1 ) ) 
      print "11"
    x1 = x1 + 1 
    print "12"
  return x3