[Python-Dev] timeoutsocket.py (original) (raw)

Bernard Yue bernie@3captus.com
Mon, 15 Apr 2002 13:09:50 -0600

Guido van Rossum wrote:

> What is the status of integrating timeoutsocket.py into standard > library? Are there any body responsible for it currently? If not I > would like to give it a shot.

Isn't one of the problems that the timeout is global?

It is indeed. IMO, Timeout should be per-socket based.

Also, I'd expect that if you did this as a standard feature, the implementation would be completely different (e.g. integrate it in the C socket code).

Yes, because I find that there is a need for that (I needed it quite frequently).

I think it would be great if timeouts were added to sockets (and maybe the global timeout is even a good thing). But I'd like to see a design first rather than code.

So it looks like nobody is working on it, I will try to create a design and summited it for comment.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)

Bernie

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