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

Guido van Rossum guido@python.org
Mon, 15 Apr 2002 14:38:10 -0400

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?

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).

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.

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