hasenj · April 10, 2013 07:42 · Apr 10, 2013
diff --git a/timeout_demo.py b/timeout_demo.py
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+from apscheduler.scheduler import Scheduler
+import datetime as dt
+
+sched = Scheduler()
+sched.start()
+
+def timeout(job_fn, *fn_args, **delta_args):
+    """Like setTimeout in javascript; returns a job object
+    
+    First argument is the function to be called.
+    
+    Positional arguments will be passed to the function when it's called.
+    
+    Keyword arguemnts will be passed to datetime.timedelta
+    
+    Usage:
+        # calls `fn()` after 3 seconds
+        timeout(fn, seconds=3)
+        
+        # calls `fn(foo, bar)` after 10 seconds
+        timeout(fn, foor, bar, seconds=10)
+    """
+    time = dt.datetime.now() + dt.timedelta(**delta_args)
+    return sched.add_date_job(job_fn, time, fn_args)
+
+
+# Example usage:
+
+def hello_spam(name): 
+    print "Hello {0}".format(name)
+    timeout(hello_spam, name, seconds=1)
+
+hello_spam("Dude")
+
+import time
+time.sleep(15)
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