Python: set a function timeout without using signal or threads?

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Published on 2010-05-20T22:59:29Z Indexed on 2010/05/20 23:30 UTC
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Is there a way to have a function raise an error if it takes longer than a certain amount of time to return? I want to do this without using signal (because I am not in the main thread) or by spawning more threads, which is cumbersome.

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