[Python-Dev] Time-out in URL Open

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    Facundo> I need a timeout in urlopen, just to be able to make:

    >>>> urllib2.urlopen("http://no.host.org", timeout=2)

    Facundo> This is actually not possible, but I'll make it work.

    Facundo> I want to know, please, if this is useful in general, for me to
    Facundo> post a patch in SF.

As others have posted, yes, it would be useful for 2.6.  However, you should
consider how that might be applied to the other Internet service modules
(ftplib, telnetlib, urllib, etc).

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