Make command timeout configurable

[gootik]

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[paulo-ferraz-oliveira]

What about syntax?

How does this look?

{"make test", [{timeout, 5000}]} % in case you want more options in the future

or simpler still

{"make test", 5000} % you could still add more options with a new syntax and "deprecate this one"

[gootik]

looks good but lets support default configs too:

{commands, [
 {a, "make test", [configs...]},
 {b, "make run"}
]}.

[paulo-ferraz-oliveira]

You mean not using an option list? Sure, I was not mentioning otherwise (I was giving examples for the "extra" interface - since I don't want to break existing implementations/usage.

[gootik]

sorry I meant we should support both of the cases in my example. where [configs..] is your suggestion. So my revised example of things that should be supported:

{commands, [
 {a, "make test", [
    {timeout, 5000}, 
    {ignore_output, true} % just an example, not suggesting we should do this
 ]},
 {b, "make run"}
]}.

[paulo-ferraz-oliveira]

Communication 😄

When I wrote You mean not using an option list? I should've written Do you mean "not using an option list at every declaration" (and using a default list of options, otherwise) when you state "lets support default configs too"?

I got it, though. I wouldn't force a list if I didn't have too, anyway.

[gootik]

Hahaha. Sounds good

[paulo-ferraz-oliveira]

I've started fiddling with the implementation, for this issue, but have some questions.

What does the notion of "timeout" mean here, exactly? I don't think we can easily "stop command execution" on the OS once it's been started by os:cmd. I maybe missing something, though.

It would be OK, for example, if you "chain" commands.

e.g.

{slow_cmd, [
    {"find / -name .gitignore ", [{timeout, 2000}]},
    "ls"
]}.

Here, timeout could prevent the execution of ls.

And another thing, would you still consider the command result for output even if it arrived late? Or just ignore it?