use strict;
use warnings;
use 5.010;

eval {
    local $SIG{ALRM} = sub {die "my timeout"};  
    #execute this sub when ALRM signal received

    alarm 3;  
    #sends ALRM signal to this process in 3 secs, which causes sub 
    #to execute

    $| = 1;   
    #turn off buffering to STDOUT, otherwise all output will come at
    #program termination when STDOUT's buffer is automatically 
    #flushed

    while (1) {
      say 'hi';
      sleep 1;
    }
};  #<-- don't forget that semi-colon

--output:--
hi
hi
hi

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"Throwing" the error with die() will cause execution to jump out of the eval() block. After the eval() block terminates, the die() message is available in $@. If the eval block terminates without error, $@ will be the null string(whatever that is).

In reply to Re: Timing out by 7stud
in thread Timing out by pavanmach

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