[Python-Dev] Adding socket timeout to urllib2 (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Wed Mar 7 03:32:48 CET 2007


On 3/6/07, Adam Olsen <rhamph at gmail.com> wrote:

I think calling it "timeout" in the API is fine. The documentation can then clarify that it's an idle timeout, except it only applies when blocked in a network operation.

Since "idel timeout" is not a commonly understood term it would be even better if it was explained without using it.

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