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After hearing from someone who gave up on timeout sockets due to a

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mistake in his code, I'm adding a note explaining that you should call
settimeout() before connect().
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Guido van Rossum 2003-12-13 22:12:53 +00:00
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@ -625,6 +625,10 @@ method should only be used when the socket is in blocking mode; in
timeout or non-blocking mode file operations that cannot be completed timeout or non-blocking mode file operations that cannot be completed
immediately will fail. immediately will fail.
Note that the \method{connect()} operation is subject to the timeout
setting, and in general it is recommended to call
\method{settimeout()} before calling \method{connect()}.
\begin{methoddesc}[socket]{setsockopt}{level, optname, value} \begin{methoddesc}[socket]{setsockopt}{level, optname, value}
Set the value of the given socket option (see the \UNIX{} manual page Set the value of the given socket option (see the \UNIX{} manual page
\manpage{setsockopt}{2}). The needed symbolic constants are defined in \manpage{setsockopt}{2}). The needed symbolic constants are defined in