[Python-Dev] DNS lookups with timeouts ?

[M.-A. Lemburg]

Guido van Rossum wrote:
> 
> > I know of the Demo/dns/, but I'm unsure whether it can be
> > tweaked to allow timeouts.
> 
> Hm, typically the protocol used is UDP, and it's easy to set timeouts
> there: just use select on the socket.

Hmm, yes that would be a possibility. I'll see if I can come
up with some code which implements this.

Thanks,
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Marc-Andre Lemburg
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