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Author loewis
Recipients Justin.Cappos, bbangert, exarkun, giampaolo.rodola, loewis, ned.deily, nicdumz, pitrou, ronaldoussoren, roysmith
Date 2010-11-21.20:16:03
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> 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.
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Date User Action Args
2010-11-21 20:16:05loewissetrecipients: + loewis, ronaldoussoren, exarkun, roysmith, pitrou, giampaolo.rodola, ned.deily, nicdumz, bbangert, Justin.Cappos
2010-11-21 20:16:03loewislinkissue7995 messages
2010-11-21 20:16:03loewiscreate