On 3/6/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Guido> Since "idel timeout" is not a commonly understood term it would > Guido> be even better if it was explained without using it. > > I think it's commonly understood, but it doesn't mean what the socket > timeout is used for. It's how long a connection can be idle (the client > doesn't make a request of the server) before the server will close the > connection. >
What does idle timeout have to do with urllib2 or any IO layer for that matter? I've only seen it as a very high level server-only feature... -bob _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
