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.

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