Julian 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 http://bugs.python.org/issue8595 _______________________________________

Eric Smith added the comment: I think you could preserve backward compatibility by doing something like the following (in httplib): _sentinel = object() __HTTP_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = _sentinel In httplib.HTTPConnection.__init__(), in Python 2.6. def __init__(self, host, port=None, strict=None, timeout=None): if timeout is None: if _HTTP_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT is _sentinel: timeout = socket._GLOBAL_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT else: timeout = _HTTP_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT That way, if _HTTP_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT is never set, it will use the the socket timeout. Admittedly I'd rather see all uses of module globals go away, but I think this would be a good compromise. ---------- nosy: +eric.smith _______________________________________ Python tracker http://bugs.python.org/issue8595 _______________________________________

Antoine Pitrou added the comment:

That way, if _HTTP_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT is never set, it will use the the socket timeout. Admittedly I'd rather see all uses of module globals go away, but I think this would be a good compromise.

Why not provide {httplib,urllib}.{set,get}defaulttimeout() instead? ---------- nosy: +pitrou _______________________________________ Python tracker http://bugs.python.org/issue8595 _______________________________________

Change by Senthil Kumaran : ---------- assignee: docs@python -> orsenthil versions: +Python 3.10 -Python 2.6, Python 2.7, Python 3.1 _______________________________________ Python tracker https://bugs.python.org/issue8595 _______________________________________