timeout in urllib.open()

[Steve Holden]

Stefan Palme wrote:
>>>> [Peter]
>>>> I believe this can only be set globally:
>>>>
>>>> import socket
>>>> socket.setdefaulttimeout(seconds)
>>>>
>>> [Stefan]
>>> ...
>>> But when there is a "default timeout" (as indicated by
>>> the method name) - isn't there a "per-socket timeout"
>>> too?
>> [Peter]
>> Yes, but it isn't as easily available...
>>
>> Perhaps you find some ideas here:
>>
>> http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2007-February/070897.html
> 
> Thanks, will have a look at this.
> 
This has recently been discussed on python-dev. It's likely that certain 
libraries will acquire a timeout keyword argument in the next release, 
but only if someone is concerned enough to develop the appropriate 
patches - the principle appears to be accepted.

regards
  Steve
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