[Python-Dev] timeout options in high-level networking modules

[Akradiusz Miskiewicz]

Charles Cazabon wrote:

> It might also be nice if the modules that rely on blocking mode being set
> on sockets (basically anything using socket.ssl()) actually explicitly set
> that
> first.  Right now, if you do socket.setdefaulttimeout() to a non-None
> value and then try to use anything that does SSL (poplib, imaplib), the
> connections will quickly die.
There is a patch for that in python patch tracking system. Just someone
needs to recheck it and apply.

> 
> Charles