[Python-Dev] Adding timeout option to httplib...connect()

["Martin v. Löwis"]

Guido van Rossum schrieb:
> 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?

Please also consider #723312, which is more general, but also more
outdated.

Regards,
Martin