README in SystemTimer-1.0 vs README in SystemTimer-1.1
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System Timer, a timer based on underlying SIGALRM system timers, is a
solution to Ruby processes which hang beyond the time limit when accessing
external resources. This is useful when timeout.rb, which relies on green
threads, does not work consistently.
+More background on:
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+* http://ph7spot.com/articles/system_timer
+* http://davidvollbracht.com/2008/6/2/30-days-of-teach-day-1-systemtimer
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== Usage
require 'systemtimer'
SystemTimer.timeout_after(5) do
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in particular MySQL.
This implementation is not intended to be drop-in replacement to
timeout.rb, just a way to wrap sensitive call to system resources.
+You can find more details on SystemTimer and how to use it
+at http://ph7spot.com/articles/system_timer
== License
(The Ruby License)