[GvR] >I recently needed to access an HTTP URL with a timeout. I ended up > monkey-patching httplib.HTTPConnection so that the connect() method > has an optional second paramer, timeout, defaulting to None; if not > None, a call to settimeout() is added right after successful creation > of the socket. > > Does anybody else think this is a good idea? (Personally I think this > should've been done years ago. :-) Shall I check it into the head?
Yes. This is has been requested more than once, but no one ever got around to adding the timeout.. Raymond _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
