timeout = 5
sub = Thread(target = lambda: download("http://......."))
sub.start()

while sub.isAlive() and timeout > 0:
    sleep(1)
    timeout -= 1

if sub.isAlive():
    raise Error[/code]


The download(...) function wasn't written by me and it's infinitely blocking if it can't reach the destination so I'm trying to forcefully terminate it after 5 seconds.
Why isn't this working? Python btw.