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Posted by Patrick LeBoutillier on January 4, 2005, 10:19 am
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Hi all,
I'm writing a module that implements timeouts easily using the
following "construct":
use timeout ;
timeout 5 => affects {
# do something that runs for a long time...
} ;
if ($@){
# timeout occured...
}
I has "hinted" by h2xs to not use 'timeout' but 'Timeout' instead.
Is there some sort of unwritten rule that says that lower-case modules
names are reserved for pragma/compiler type stuff or is it just a
coincidence?
BTW: If anyone has comments/suggestions for a better construct for
this module please do not hesitate.
Thanks,
Patrick LeBoutillier
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Posted by Sherm Pendley on January 4, 2005, 2:22 pm
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Patrick LeBoutillier wrote:
> Is there some sort of unwritten rule that says that lower-case modules
> names are reserved for pragma/compiler type stuff
There is a rule, but it's not unwritten - you can find it in "perlmodlib":
Package/Module names are an exception to this rule. Perl informally
reserves lowercase module names for 'pragma' modules like integer
and strict. Other modules normally begin with a capital letter and
use mixed case with no underscores (need to be short and portable).
sherm--
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Posted by patrick.leboutillier@gmail.com on January 4, 2005, 12:41 pm
Please log in for more thread options Thanks guys.
I will therefore proceed with Time::Out.
Patrick
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Posted by Sherm Pendley on January 4, 2005, 4:15 pm
Please log in for more thread options patrick.leboutillier@gmail.com wrote:
> I will therefore proceed with Time::Out.
That sounds like a module for sending unruly child processes to go sit
in a corner for a while. :-)
sherm--
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Posted by Jim Keenan on January 5, 2005, 11:32 am
Please log in for more thread options Sherm Pendley wrote:
> patrick.leboutillier@gmail.com wrote:
>
> > I will therefore proceed with Time::Out.
>
> That sounds like a module for sending unruly child processes to go
> sit in a corner for a while. :-)
>
It's the modern replacement for Child::Spank, now deprecated. :-)
jimk
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