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@@ -335,3 +335,17 @@ Create a temporary directory and clean it up later. The created directory is stored in the ``path`` attribute of the fixture after setUp. + +TimeoutFixture +++++++++++++++ + +Interrupts tests if they take more than a specified number of whole wall-clock +seconds. + +There are two possibilities, controlled by the 'gentle' argument: when gentle, +an exception will be raised and the test will fail. When not gentle, the +entire test process will be terminated, which is less clean, but more likely to +break hangs where no Python code is running. You can only use one in any given +test. + +Currently supported only on Unix because it relies on the ``alarm`` system call. |