Timeout
long-running blocks
require 'timeout' status = Timeout::timeout(5) { # Something that should be interrupted if it takes more than 5 seconds... }
Timeout
provides a way to auto-terminate a potentially long-running operation if it hasn't finished in a fixed amount of time.
Previous versions didn't use a module for namespacing, however timeout is provided for backwards compatibility. You should prefer Timeout#timeout instead.
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