[Python-Dev] I vote to reject: Adding timeout to socket.py and httplib.py. (original) (raw)

Josiah Carlson jcarlson at uci.edu
Wed Mar 21 16:28:04 CET 2007

Facundo Batista <facundo at taniquetil.com.ar> wrote:

Alan Kennedy wrote: > I recommend modifying the patch to remove all proposed changes to > the socket module. Instead, the patch should restrict itself to fixing > the httplib module.

-1 to repeat the same functionality in 5 other libraries. As I said above, we can make it non-public. So, as a resume of the choices we still need to settle: a) Repeat the same functionality in 5 other libraries b) Write the function in socket.py, public c) Write the function in socket.py, non public

b or c is fine, I have no preference. In regards to 'there is no way to create a blocking socket this way', Alan is off his rocker. Facundo has already stated that he would like to use something that will allow for the passing of None as a timeout argument to specify no timeout - aka blocking sockets, as per sock.settimeout(None) (through either **kwargs or timeout=sentinel).

The function is needed, and the implementation is sufficient for its intended uses.

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