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Wrap queue operations with `wait_for()`.

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Section: Queues and Producer/Consumer Patterns

Add a timeout to queue operations

python
python
import asyncio

async def main():
    queue = asyncio.Queue()
    try:
        item = await asyncio.wait_for(queue.get(), timeout=1)
        print(item)
    except TimeoutError:
        print("no item available")

asyncio.run(main())
Explanation

Queue methods do not accept a timeout directly; wrap them with `asyncio.wait_for()`.

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