TimedOp

A module to roughly measure the amount of time Python operations take. There is also a timed_call function that will enforce a time limit on function calls.

Examples

Basic

from timedop import TimedOp

with TimedOp(label='Elapsed: ') as t:
    # Some long operation?
    busy_work()
print(t)

Output:

Elapsed: 0.24

Timed Call

from timedop import timed_call, TimedOut

def busy_work(stop, increment=1):
    """ A dummy function, to simulate some work. """
    start = 0
    while start < stop:
        start += increment
    return start

# Allow 2 seconds for busy_work() to return:
try:
    result = timed_call(
        busy_work,
        args=(100000000000, ),
        kwargs={'increment': 2},
        timeout=2
    )
except TimedOut as ex:
    print('Uh oh.')
    print(ex)
else:
    # Doesn't happen on my machine.
    print(result)

Output:

Uh oh.
Operation timed out. (busy_work(100000000000, increment=2), 2 seconds)

API

TimedOp

A TimedOp is just a timer that you can start and stop. You can initialise a TimedOp with an optional label, which will be used for str() or repr().

t = TimedOp(label='Time elapsed: ').start()
something()
print(t.stop())

A TimedOp can also be used as a context manager. The start method is called on __enter__, and stop is called on __exit__.

with TimedOp(label='Elapsed: ') as t:
    something()
# Prints the time elapsed while inside the `with` block.
print(t)

TimedOp Methods:

• elapsed: Return the number of seconds since the TimedOp started.

• set_format(fmt): Set the default format string for the elapsed seconds and returns self. Default: '{:0.2f}'

• sleep(seconds): Shortcut for time.sleep(seconds)

• start: Starts the timer, and returns self.

• stop: Stops the timer, and returns self.

TimedOut

An exception that is raised from timed_call, containing information about the timed function call such as:

• self.func: The function object.
• self.args: The arguments provided to the function.
• self.kwargs: The keyword arguments provided to the function.
• self.timeout: The timeout that was set for the timed call.
• self.formatted: A string representing all of the above information. Used for str(TimedOut).

timed_call

timed_call(func, args=None, kwargs=None, timeout=DEFAULT_TIMEOUT)

Calls a function (func), and raises TimedOut if the function call takes more than timeout seconds. The default timeout is set to timedop.DEFAULT_TIMEOUT (4 seconds).

Returns the result from calling func(*args, **kwargs) unless it times out.

timed_call Arguments

• func: The function to call.

• args: A list/tuple of arguments to use when calling the function (func).

• kwargs: A dict of keyword arguments to use when calling the function (func).

• timeout: The number of seconds to wait before raising a TimedOut exception. This is set to timedop.DEFAULT_SECONDS by default (4 seconds).