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.
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