Is there a one-threaded alternative to Timeout?










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There is a Ruby class Timeout that terminates the execution of a block after a certain amount of seconds:



Timeout.timeout(5) 
# Some long-running code...



The problem is that every time I call timeout() it starts a new Thread. It's pretty expensive (time and memory) operation. Would be much more effective to re-use an existing thread. Are there any Gems for that?










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    New Thread is not a major issue: mikeperham.com/2015/05/08/timeout-rubys-most-dangerous-api

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There is a Ruby class Timeout that terminates the execution of a block after a certain amount of seconds:



Timeout.timeout(5) 
# Some long-running code...



The problem is that every time I call timeout() it starts a new Thread. It's pretty expensive (time and memory) operation. Would be much more effective to re-use an existing thread. Are there any Gems for that?










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    New Thread is not a major issue: mikeperham.com/2015/05/08/timeout-rubys-most-dangerous-api

    – Pavel Mikhailyuk
    Nov 12 '18 at 12:59














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There is a Ruby class Timeout that terminates the execution of a block after a certain amount of seconds:



Timeout.timeout(5) 
# Some long-running code...



The problem is that every time I call timeout() it starts a new Thread. It's pretty expensive (time and memory) operation. Would be much more effective to re-use an existing thread. Are there any Gems for that?










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There is a Ruby class Timeout that terminates the execution of a block after a certain amount of seconds:



Timeout.timeout(5) 
# Some long-running code...



The problem is that every time I call timeout() it starts a new Thread. It's pretty expensive (time and memory) operation. Would be much more effective to re-use an existing thread. Are there any Gems for that?







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    New Thread is not a major issue: mikeperham.com/2015/05/08/timeout-rubys-most-dangerous-api

    – Pavel Mikhailyuk
    Nov 12 '18 at 12:59













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    New Thread is not a major issue: mikeperham.com/2015/05/08/timeout-rubys-most-dangerous-api

    – Pavel Mikhailyuk
    Nov 12 '18 at 12:59








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New Thread is not a major issue: mikeperham.com/2015/05/08/timeout-rubys-most-dangerous-api

– Pavel Mikhailyuk
Nov 12 '18 at 12:59






New Thread is not a major issue: mikeperham.com/2015/05/08/timeout-rubys-most-dangerous-api

– Pavel Mikhailyuk
Nov 12 '18 at 12:59













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