The socket.makefile() docs say, "the socket must be in blocking mode." I don't see any explanation of why blocking mode is required, and I'm not sure whether that means timeout mode is forbidden as well. Can someone clarify this?
I wanted to use file-like objects with socket timeouts, so I ended up writing my own replacement for socket._fileobject. I'd appreciate it if someone could either explain to my why my new class was unnecessary, or else encourage me to contribute it as a patch to the socket module. Cheers, Forest -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
