gistfile1.rb

require "timeout"

class MemCache
  alias_method :old_get, :get
  alias_method :old_set, :set
  alias_method :old_incr, :incr
  alias_method :old_add, :add
  alias_method :old_delete, :delete    
  alias_method :old_get_multi, :get_multi
  
  
  def get(key, raw = false, timeout = 1.0)
    Timeout::timeout(timeout) do
      old_get(key, raw)
    end
  rescue Timeout::Error
    nil
  end
end
  
  def set(key, value, expiry = 0, raw = false, timeout = 1.0)
    Timeout::timeout(timeout) do
      old_set(key, value, expiry, raw)
    end
  end