[Python-Dev] Adding timeout option to httplib...connect() (original) (raw)

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Guido> Didn't work for me, since my ap is a multi-threaded webserver and
Guido> I only want one specific type of request to time out.

Understood.

Guido> I'm not going to change ftplib.py and all the others.

Also understood. This has, as far as I know, been the response of everybody who has encountered this problem before. Most people are only interested in a single protocol (or module) and therefore aren't motivated to change/fix the other protocols which could benefit from timeouts. After all, who really wants to update gopherlib? So there is sits.

Guido> I do think it's relevant to decide whether the timeout should be
Guido> passed to the constructor or to the connect() method. I think it
Guido> may be better to pass the timeout to the constructor.

Another thing to consider is how this change might percolate up to urllib/urllib2. (I advocate leaving urllib alone, but urllib2 should probably grow a timeout feature.)

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