time_out.time_limit errors if a function call lasts too long

.gitignore

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+
+
+# JO3'S DEFAULT IGNORE RULES
+/tmp*
+## ctags
+/tags
+/tags.temp
+/tags.lock
+## python
+/build/
+/dist/
+/*.egg-info/
+/.venv/
+__pycache__
+**.egg-info/
+**.ipynb_checkpoints
+## rust
+/target/

jo3util

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+./src

pyproject.toml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 [project]
-name = "NAME"
+name = "jo3util"
-version = "0.0.0" # TODO; automatically update versions by looking at git
+version = "0.0.2"
 description = ""
 dependencies = []
 dynamic = ["readme"]
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ classifiers = [
 github = "JJJHolscher"
 
 [project.urls]
-homepage = "https://github.com/JJJHolscher/NAME"
+homepage = "https://github.com/JJJHolscher/jo3util"
 
 [[project.authors]]
 name = "Jochem Hölscher"
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ requires = [
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [tool.setuptools.packages.find]
-include = ["NAME"]
+include = ["jo3util"]
 
 [tool.setuptools.dynamic]
 readme = {file = ["README.md"], content-type = "text/markdown"}

src/time_out.py

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+#! /usr/bin/env python3
+# vim:fenc=utf-8
+
+"""
+This code is copied from https://stackoverflow.com/questions/366682/how-to-limit-execution-time-of-a-function-call/601168#601168
+"""
+
+import signal
+from contextlib import contextmanager
+
+
+class TimeoutException(Exception):
+    pass
+
+
+@contextmanager
+def time_limit(seconds):
+    """
+    ## Usage
+    try:
+        with time_limit(10):
+            long_function_call()
+    except TimeoutException as e:
+        print("Timed out!")
+    """
+    def signal_handler(signum, frame):
+        raise TimeoutException("Timed out!")
+
+    signal.signal(signal.SIGALRM, signal_handler)
+    signal.alarm(seconds)
+    try:
+        yield
+    finally:
+        signal.alarm(0)
+

tests/__init__.py

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-from .test_main import *
+from .test_time_out import *

tests/test_main.py

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-#! /usr/bin/env python3
-# vim:fenc=utf-8
-
-import unittest
-
-from src.main import *
-
-
-class TestMain(unittest.TestCase):
-    def test_main(self):
-        self.assertEqual(UNITTESTS(), 0)
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    unittest.main()

tests/test_time_out.py

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+#! /usr/bin/env python3
+# vim:fenc=utf-8
+
+import time
+import unittest
+
+from src.time_out import TimeoutException, time_limit
+
+
+class TestTimeOut(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_exception(self):
+        with self.assertRaises(TimeoutException):
+            with time_limit(1):
+                time.sleep(2)
+
+    def test_no_exception(self):
+        with time_limit(1):
+            time.sleep(0.5)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()