ecflow.Limit
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.. py:class:: Limit
   :module: ecflow

   Bases: :py:class:`~Boost.Python.instance`

:term:`limit` provides a simple load management

i.e. by limiting the number of :term:`task`\ s submitted by a server.
Limits are typically defined at the :term:`suite` level, or defined in a
separate suite, so that they can be used by multiple suites.
Once a limit is defined in a :term:`suite definition`, you must also assign families/tasks to use
this limit. See  :term:`inlimit` and :py:class:`ecflow.InLimit`

Constructor::

   Limit(name,value)
      string name: the name of the limit
      int   value: The value of the limit

Usage:

.. code-block:: python

   limit = Limit('fast', 10)
    ...
   suite = Suite('s1',
                 Limit('slow',10))  # create Limit in Node constructor
   suite.add_limit(limit)           # add existing limit using function


.. py:method:: Limit.decrement( (Limit)arg1, (int)arg2, (str)arg3) -> None :
   :module: ecflow

used for test only


.. py:method:: Limit.increment( (Limit)arg1, (int)arg2, (str)arg3) -> None :
   :module: ecflow

used for test only


.. py:method:: Limit.limit( (Limit)arg1) -> int :
   :module: ecflow

The max value of the :term:`limit` as an integer


.. py:method:: Limit.name( (Limit)arg1) -> str :
   :module: ecflow

Return the :term:`limit` name as string


.. py:method:: Limit.node_paths( (Limit)arg1) -> list :
   :module: ecflow

List of nodes(paths) that have consumed a limit


.. py:method:: Limit.value( (Limit)arg1) -> int :
   :module: ecflow

The :term:`limit` token value as an integer