Martin v. Löwis <mar...@v.loewis.de> added the comment: > We are talking about the timeout feature, which is a Python feature, not > a BSD (or Linux) sockets feature. It should work properly, even if that > means adding some boilerplate around system calls.
I agree that the semantics of the socket timeout API is confusing (and I wish it had not been added in the first place). However, making it work "better" must not cause breakage to other legitimate applications. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue7995> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com