Add timeout parameter to addprocs function

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
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45/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
julia
Domain
distributed-systems

Research direction

Start by locating the addprocs entry point and reviewing how JULIA_WORKER_TIMEOUT is currently read and applied. Define the timeout keyword with the proposed default and verify that addprocs(4; timeout=120.0) uses it instead of requiring the environment variable.

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Description

enhancement

Currently, the worker timeout for addprocs can only be configured via the JULIA_WORKER_TIMEOUT environment variable. It would be more convenient to have a timeout keyword argument directly in the addprocs function.

Proposed API:

addprocs(4; timeout=120.0)  # 120 second timeout

This would be more ergonomic than having to set environment variables before calling addprocs.

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