commit fafdb2753d5667357126ef107ff4b63ea74b1572
Author: Nicolas Duhamel <nicolas@jombi.fr>
Date:   Mon Dec 28 11:40:54 2020 +0100

    initial commit

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+++ b/.gitignore
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+# Source for the following rules: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/github/gitignore/master/Python.gitignore
+# Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+*$py.class
+
+
+*.egg-info/
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
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+++ b/pyproject.toml
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+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools", "wheel"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
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+++ b/setup.cfg
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+[metadata]
+name = citadel.utils
+version = 0.0.1
+
+[options]
+package_dir =
+    =src
+packages = find_namespace:
+
+[options.packages.find]
+where = src
+
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
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+++ b/setup.py
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+import setuptools
+setuptools.setup()
diff --git a/src/citadel/utils/__init__.py b/src/citadel/utils/__init__.py
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+++ b/src/citadel/utils/__init__.py
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+import threading
+
+class TimeoutLock:
+    def __init__(self, interval: int):
+        self._interval = interval
+        self._locked = False
+        self._timer = None
+
+    def lock(self):
+        self._locked = True
+        if self._timer is not None and self._timer.is_alive():
+            self._timer.cancel()
+        self._timer = threading.Timer(self._interval, self._unlock).start()
+
+    def _unlock(self):
+        self._locked = False
+
+    @property
+    def is_locked(self):
+        return self._locked