socket.rcv timeout while-loop

[Dwayne Blind]

Thanks for your answer. I don't want to reset my socket. I want to apply the
timeout to the rcv method only.

What about select ?

http://docs.python.org/library/select.html#select.select

How to implement it ?

Thanks a lot,
Dwayne

2011/2/3 Stephen Hansen <me+list/python at ixokai.io>

> On 2/3/11 9:56 AM, Dwayne Blind wrote:
> > However I would like to set timeout on the socket rcv method, so that
> > the while loop stops exactly after 3 seconds. Is this possible ?
>
> I rarely do low-level socket stuff -- but I think s.settimeout() is what
> you're looking for. It applies to the whole socket, and not just one
> method -- so you may want to reset it after you're done recv'n.
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