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

Skip Montanaro skip@pobox.com
Mon, 15 Apr 2002 14:29:35 -0500 

>> 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.

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

That's the easiest way to use it, but you can specify timeouts on a per-socket basis. From the module docstring:

import timeoutsocket
import httplib
H = httplib.HTTP("www.python.org")
H.sock.set_timeout(30)

The author, Tim O'Malley, is probably the best person to address issues with this package, so I've added him to the cc list in case he's not a python-dev subscriber.

Skip