blockdetection

Context that raises an exception if process is blocking.

Uses ``SIGALRM`` to detect blocking functions.

def blockdetection(
    timeout: int
) - > contextmanager

Context that raises an exception if process is blocking. Uses SIGALRM to detect blocking functions.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
timeout	int	The number of seconds to wait before triggering a SIGALRM to interrupt a blocking process.

Returns

Type	Description
contextmanager	A context manager that arms a signal-based alarm for the duration of the block.