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

Greg Ewing greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz
Fri Mar 23 02:07:55 CET 2007


Guido van Rossum wrote:

It's unlikely to be granted. ... The Python call just wraps the system call which has a similar API.

What about letting it accept both?

Maintaining strict consistency with the C API here at the cost of causing pain on almost all uses of the function seems to be a case of purity beating practicality.

-- Greg



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