From e4d15a373b626202e7dd6a854370f87bbe5015bd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: hniksic Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2003 17:16:43 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] [svn] run_with_timeout docstring synch with utils.c. --- src/mswindows.c | 11 ++++++----- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/mswindows.c b/src/mswindows.c index b4bb8619..3f36d2c5 100644 --- a/src/mswindows.c +++ b/src/mswindows.c @@ -383,11 +383,12 @@ thread_helper (void *arg) return 0; } -/* - * Run FUN with timeout. This is done by creating a thread for 'fun' - * to run in and terminating the thread if it doesn't finish in - * SECONDS time. - */ +/* Call FUN(ARG), but don't allow it to run for more than TIMEOUT + seconds. Returns non-zero if the function was interrupted with a + timeout, zero otherwise. + + This works by running FUN in a separate thread and terminating the + thread if it doesn't finish in the specified time. */ int run_with_timeout (double seconds, void (*fun) (void *), void *arg) -- 2.39.2