Execute a function with a timeout / time limit?

[Robert Feldt]

Is there any way to run a function a maximum time without adding additional procs? I now use an implementation based on this StackOverflow answer:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23809515/julia-can-you-set-a-time-limit-on-eval

but it requires waiting to add the procs, making sure code loads on all procs etc. Is there some simpler/shorter/quicker way?

Best regards,

Robert Feldt

[Isaiah Norton]

Have you tried using tasks with start_timer and interrupt?

[René Donner]

Is there also something like interrupt(task) to selectively kill one of several tasks? I could not find anything in the docs.

Thanks!

[Robert Feldt]

In this proposal/issue thread it is discussed that this can be achieved via the schedule method but I have not been able to find an example or doc on it:

https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/6283

Thanks,

Robert

[René Donner]

Thanks for the hint!

I tried to play with the suggestions in that issue, but did not get anywhere (but I dont know anything about the scheduling internals ...)