On 3/31/07, Dhiraj Sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2. Also, is it possible to cancel (abort) a blocking read (say, to stdin) in > a function that can be called by a timer? The goal is to cancel the read if > input is not forthcoming within a specified time.
For Windows, no idea. For Unix I'd use the signal-module and setup a SIGALRM-handler. http://docs.python.org/lib/module-signal.html -- - Rikard - http://bos.hack.org/cv/ _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
