[Python-Dev] OK to lower timeout for test_timeout's testConnectTimeout test? (original) (raw)

Dmitry Vasiliev lists at hlabs.spb.ru
Fri Aug 6 13:42:39 CEST 2004

Brett Cannon wrote:

I am actually getting failures from testtimeout's testConnectTimeout since the Net connection I have at school lets me connect to Google in under the .001 connection timeout value. If I push it to .00000001 (a hundred-millionth of a second) it then fails consistently.

Now the problem is that the second part of the test uses this and a fuzz value (currently at 2) to see if the test timed out within the proper amount of time. The comparison is basically if the amount of time it took to do the timed out failure is less than timeout + fuzz. So lowering this number could possibly affect the test, although at .001 seconds, I am doubting that will occur. But since these types of timing tests can be touchy I thought I would double-check. So if anyone thinks it is bad to lower the value to .00000001 then please let me know. Otherwise I will lower the value before the next alpha goes out. -Brett P.S.: the only other failures I have on OS X right now is testcurses (because I used -uall) and test_locale . Should we disable test_locale on OS X to shut it up since Martin seems to think the test isn't all that useful and won't work for OS X ever?

Some time ago I submit patch for test_timeout.py:

http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=5470&atid=305470&func=detail&aid=728815

In my patch testConnectTimeout try connect to www.google.com:21 which seems like black hole. :)

-- Dmitry Vasiliev (dima at hlabs.spb.ru) http://hlabs.spb.ru

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