parameters: (self, timeout_multiplier)
return_statement: return prompt
docstring: This facilitates using communication timeouts to perform
          synchronization as quickly as possible, while supporting high latency
          connections with a tunable worst case performance. Fast connections
          should be read almost immediately. Worst case performance for this
          method is timeout_multiplier * 3 seconds.
docstring_summary: This facilitates using communication timeouts to perform
          synchronization as quickly as possible, while supporting high latency
          connections with a tunable worst case performance. Fast connections
          should be read almost immediately. Worst case performance for this
          method is timeout_multiplier * 3 seconds.
docstring_tokens: This facilitates using communication timeouts to perform synchronization as quickly as possible while supporting high latency connections with a tunable worst case performance . Fast connections should be read almost immediately . Worst case performance for this method is timeout_multiplier * 3 seconds .
function: def try_read_prompt(self, timeout_multiplier):
          '''This facilitates using communication timeouts to perform
          synchronization as quickly as possible, while supporting high latency
          connections with a tunable worst case performance. Fast connections
          should be read almost immediately. Worst case performance for this
          method is timeout_multiplier * 3 seconds.
          '''
  
          # maximum time allowed to read the first response
          first_char_timeout = timeout_multiplier * 0.5
  
          # maximum time allowed between subsequent characters
          inter_char_timeout = timeout_multiplier * 0.1
  
          # maximum time for reading the entire prompt
          total_timeout = timeout_multiplier * 3.0
  
          prompt = self.string_type()
          begin = time.time()
          expired = 0.0
          timeout = first_char_timeout
  
          while expired < total_timeout:
              try:
                  prompt += self.read_nonblocking(size=1, timeout=timeout)
                  expired = time.time() - begin # updated total time expired
                  timeout = inter_char_timeout
              except TIMEOUT:
                  break
  
          return prompt
function_tokens: def try_read_prompt ( self , timeout_multiplier ) : # maximum time allowed to read the first response first_char_timeout = timeout_multiplier * 0.5 # maximum time allowed between subsequent characters inter_char_timeout = timeout_multiplier * 0.1 # maximum time for reading the entire prompt total_timeout = timeout_multiplier * 3.0 prompt = self . string_type ( ) begin = time . time ( ) expired = 0.0 timeout = first_char_timeout while expired < total_timeout : try : prompt += self . read_nonblocking ( size = 1 , timeout = timeout ) expired = time . time ( ) - begin # updated total time expired timeout = inter_char_timeout except TIMEOUT : break return prompt