Julian <python_...@somethinkodd.com> added the comment: @orsenthil:
Consider the definition of httplib.HTTPConnection.__init__(), in Python 2.6. def __init__(self, host, port=None, strict=None, timeout=socket._GLOBAL_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT): This could be replaced with: def __init__(self, host, port=None, strict=None, timeout=10): or, perhaps better, def __init__(self, host, port=None, strict=None, timeout=httplib._HTTP_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT): This timeout value is passed to the call in socket.create_connection, so I believe if it is overriden, it only applies to the relevant sockets and not to all sockets globally. Note: I am not arguing here that this SHOULD be done - it would break existing applications, especially those that were written before Python 2.6 - merely that it COULD be done. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue8595> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com