# How to wait with timeout on conditional variable in ruby 1.9

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-wait-with-timeout-on-conditional-variable-in-ruby-1-9/160258>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [February 13, 2009, 2:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-wait-with-timeout-on-conditional-variable-in-ruby-1-9/160258 "2009-02-13T14:25:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![sharat](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/7ba0ec/32.png) [@sharat](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sharat)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 2:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-wait-with-timeout-on-conditional-variable-in-ruby-1-9/160258/1 "2009-02-13T14:25:54Z")

</div>

Earlier in ruby 1.8 we could use code  
cond.wait(3)

But with moving to 1.9, it raises exception " Timeout is not yet  
implemented" in monitor.rb

Any plan to implement it in near future or is there any work around.

Regards  
Sharat