from __future__ import with_statement import sys import unittest import weakref import time from eventlet.api import sleep, timeout, TimeoutError, _SilentException DELAY = 0.01 class Error(Exception): pass class Test(unittest.TestCase): def test_api(self): # Nothing happens if with-block finishes before the timeout expires with timeout(DELAY*2): sleep(DELAY) sleep(DELAY*2) # check if timer was actually cancelled # An exception will be raised if it's not try: with timeout(DELAY): sleep(DELAY*2) except TimeoutError: pass else: raise AssertionError('must raise TimeoutError') # You can customize the exception raised: try: with timeout(DELAY, IOError("Operation takes way too long")): sleep(DELAY*2) except IOError, ex: assert str(ex)=="Operation takes way too long", repr(ex) # Providing classes instead of values should be possible too: try: with timeout(DELAY, ValueError): sleep(DELAY*2) except ValueError: pass # basically, anything that greenlet.throw accepts work: try: 1/0 except: try: with timeout(DELAY, *sys.exc_info()): sleep(DELAY*2) raise AssertionError('should not get there') raise AssertionError('should not get there') except ZeroDivisionError: pass else: raise AssertionError('should not get there') # It's possible to cancel the timer inside the block: with timeout(DELAY) as timer: timer.cancel() sleep(DELAY*2) # To silent the exception, pass None as second parameter. The with-block # will be interrupted with _SilentException, but it won't be propagated # outside. XDELAY=0.1 start = time.time() with timeout(XDELAY, None): sleep(XDELAY*10) delta = (time.time()-start) assert delta