How to force return?

Hi
can I force a function to return after specified time interval, without end of normal execution reached? (this can be useful when the function is in blocking state )....
Thanks

Hi
can I force a function to return after specified time
interval, without end of normal execution reached?
(this can be useful when the function is in blocking
state )....
Do you just want to terminate it?
Then closing the resource that it is blocked on would do the trick. Or interrupting it. As suggested above a seperate thread is normally going to be needed for this.
However that only works if is is actually blocked on a resource. If it isn't then the above will have no impact.
And in neither case would it necessarily cause a 'return' but rather an exception. You can catch the exception though and deal with it that way.
Some resources already have timeout mechanisms so you might want to consider that as well.

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