parameters: (proc, timeout)
docstring: helper function to terminate a process
  
  
      Parameters
      ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
      :param proc: process object
          the process object that is going to be terminated
  
      :param timeout: dictionary
          a dictionary (used as object reference) to set a flag that indicates
          that the process is going to be terminated
docstring_summary: helper function to terminate a process
docstring_tokens: helper function to terminate a process
function: def term_proc(proc, timeout):
      """
      helper function to terminate a process
  
  
      Parameters
      ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
      :param proc: process object
          the process object that is going to be terminated
  
      :param timeout: dictionary
          a dictionary (used as object reference) to set a flag that indicates
          that the process is going to be terminated
      """
      timeout["value"] = True
      proc.terminate()
function_tokens: def term_proc ( proc , timeout ) : timeout [ "value" ] = True proc . terminate ( )