Timing out a script when someone uses while true do
grilme99 opened this issue · comments
Hi!
I'm currently working on a website that will allow people to execute scripts. I have sandboxed everything, but I want to know the best way of preventing things like while true do with no wait crashing the thread? I'm fairly new to Fengari so I'd appreciate it if you broke some stuff down in your answer!
My friend used settimeout in JavaScript to make it so a script can only run for one second, but I don't want to do this because I want scripts to be able to run as long as needed. Is there a way to stop the script if it hangs for more than X time?
want to know the best way of preventing things like while true do with no wait crashing the thread?
You have all the same methods as normal Lua at your disposal. See e.g. https://stackoverflow.com/a/11425017/282536
That link does it from the lua side of things, but you can equally do it using the C/JS API.
My friend used settimeout in JavaScript to make it so a script can only run for one second
That wouldn't work if someone created a while (true) loop in javascript.
Your question might fit better on the Lua mailing list or e.g. reddit.