--- a/Lib/Queue.py	Tue Oct 15 14:51:58 2002 +0000
+++ b/Lib/Queue.py	Tue Oct 15 15:11:13 2002 +0000
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 """A multi-producer, multi-consumer queue."""
 
+from time import time as _time, sleep as _sleep
+
 class Empty(Exception):
     "Exception raised by Queue.get(block=0)/get_nowait()."
     pass
@@ -29,29 +31,54 @@
         return n
 
     def empty(self):
-        """Return 1 if the queue is empty, 0 otherwise (not reliable!)."""
+        """Return True if the queue is empty, False otherwise (not reliable!)."""
         self.mutex.acquire()
         n = self._empty()
         self.mutex.release()
         return n
 
     def full(self):
-        """Return 1 if the queue is full, 0 otherwise (not reliable!)."""
+        """Return True if the queue is full, False otherwise (not reliable!)."""
         self.mutex.acquire()
         n = self._full()
         self.mutex.release()
         return n
 
-    def put(self, item, block=1):
+    def put(self, item, block=True, timeout=None):
         """Put an item into the queue.
 
-        If optional arg 'block' is 1 (the default), block if
-        necessary until a free slot is available.  Otherwise (block
-        is 0), put an item on the queue if a free slot is immediately
-        available, else raise the Full exception.
+        If optional args 'block' is true and 'timeout' is None (the default),
+        block if necessary until a free slot is available. If 'timeout' is
+        a positive number, it blocks at most 'timeout' seconds and raises
+        the Full exception if no free slot was available within that time.
+        Otherwise ('block' is false), put an item on the queue if a free slot
+        is immediately available, else raise the Full exception ('timeout'
+        is ignored in that case).
         """
         if block:
-            self.fsema.acquire()
+            if timeout is None:
+                # blocking, w/o timeout, i.e. forever
+                self.fsema.acquire()
+            elif timeout >= 0:
+                # waiting max. 'timeout' seconds.
+                # this code snipped is from threading.py: _Event.wait():
+                # Balancing act:  We can't afford a pure busy loop, so we
+                # have to sleep; but if we sleep the whole timeout time,
+                # we'll be unresponsive.  The scheme here sleeps very
+                # little at first, longer as time goes on, but never longer
+                # than 20 times per second (or the timeout time remaining).
+                delay = 0.0005 # 500 us -> initial delay of 1 ms
+                endtime = _time() + timeout
+                while True:
+                    if self.fsema.acquire(0):
+                        break
+                    remaining = endtime - _time()
+                    if remaining <= 0:  #time is over and no slot was free
+                        raise Full
+                    delay = min(delay * 2, remaining, .05)
+                    _sleep(delay)       #reduce CPU usage by using a sleep
+            else:
+                raise ValueError("'timeout' must be a positive number")
         elif not self.fsema.acquire(0):
             raise Full
         self.mutex.acquire()
@@ -80,18 +107,43 @@
         Only enqueue the item if a free slot is immediately available.
         Otherwise raise the Full exception.
         """
-        return self.put(item, 0)
+        return self.put(item, False)
 
-    def get(self, block=1):
+    def get(self, block=True, timeout=None):
         """Remove and return an item from the queue.
 
-        If optional arg 'block' is 1 (the default), block if
-        necessary until an item is available.  Otherwise (block is 0),
-        return an item if one is immediately available, else raise the
-        Empty exception.
+        If optional args 'block' is true and 'timeout' is None (the default),
+        block if necessary until an item is available. If 'timeout' is
+        a positive number, it blocks at most 'timeout' seconds and raises
+        the Empty exception if no item was available within that time.
+        Otherwise ('block' is false), return an item if one is immediately
+        available, else raise the Empty exception ('timeout' is ignored
+        in that case).
         """
         if block:
-            self.esema.acquire()
+            if timeout is None:
+                # blocking, w/o timeout, i.e. forever
+                self.esema.acquire()
+            elif timeout >= 0:
+                # waiting max. 'timeout' seconds.
+                # this code snipped is from threading.py: _Event.wait():
+                # Balancing act:  We can't afford a pure busy loop, so we
+                # have to sleep; but if we sleep the whole timeout time,
+                # we'll be unresponsive.  The scheme here sleeps very
+                # little at first, longer as time goes on, but never longer
+                # than 20 times per second (or the timeout time remaining).
+                delay = 0.0005 # 500 us -> initial delay of 1 ms
+                endtime = _time() + timeout
+                while 1:
+                    if self.esema.acquire(0):
+                        break
+                    remaining = endtime - _time()
+                    if remaining <= 0:  #time is over and no element arrived
+                        raise Empty
+                    delay = min(delay * 2, remaining, .05)
+                    _sleep(delay)       #reduce CPU usage by using a sleep
+            else:
+                raise ValueError("'timeout' must be a positive number")
         elif not self.esema.acquire(0):
             raise Empty
         self.mutex.acquire()
@@ -115,10 +167,10 @@
     def get_nowait(self):
         """Remove and return an item from the queue without blocking.
 
-        Only get an item if one is immediately available.  Otherwise
+        Only get an item if one is immediately available. Otherwise
         raise the Empty exception.
         """
-        return self.get(0)
+        return self.get(False)
 
     # Override these methods to implement other queue organizations
     # (e.g. stack or priority queue).