Hi,
I ran the script(script a) in irb mode and I find it never jumps to next
element without input from outside/console, which is not what I want.
Here is my requirement for the timeout: 1) iterate an array 2)when
jumping from one element to the next wait for 5 seconds for the input.
If no input after 5 seconds then jump to the next element. If there is
an input then process the input. After that also jump to the next
element.
Also I ran two very short scripts (script b and script c) after reading
doc for Timeout. I find that one works and other doesn't work: without
input from the console the timeout does not work.
Any idea?
Thanks,
Li
####script a: without input the array never move forward ####
C:\Users\Alex>irb
irb(main):001:0> require 'timeout'
=> false
irb(main):002:0> a=(1..10).to_a
=> [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
irb(main):003:0>
irb(main):004:0* STDOUT.sync=true
=> true
irb(main):005:0>
irb(main):006:0* a.each do |e|
irb(main):007:1* print "> "
irb(main):008:1>
irb(main):009:1* begin
irb(main):010:2* Timeout.timeout(5) do
irb(main):011:3* x=gets
irb(main):012:3> puts "you entered: #{x}"
irb(main):013:3> end
irb(main):014:2> rescue Timeout::Error
irb(main):015:2> end
irb(main):016:1>
irb(main):017:1* puts e
irb(main):018:1> end
###script b doesn't work#####
C:\Users\Alex>irb
irb(main):001:0> require 'timeout'
=> false
irb(main):002:0> Timeout.timeout(10){gets}
###script c works by raising an error###
C:\Users\Alex>irb
irb(main):001:0> require 'timeout'
=> false
irb(main):002:0>
irb(main):003:0* Timeout.timeout(10){sleep}
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/timeout.rb:54:in `irb_binding': execution expired
(Timeout::Error)
from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/timeout.rb:56:in `timeout'
from (irb):3:in `irb_binding'
from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/irb/workspace.rb:52:in `irb_binding'
from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/irb/workspace.rb:52
