On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 00:35:57 -0500, Mohammed Smadi wrote:
> hi;
>
> i have the following piece of code:
> =============
> s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET,socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
> s.bind(("",port))
> s.sendto(data,(MY_GW,port))
> data = s.recvfrom(1024)
> ============
>
> data contains some instructions which i am sending to MY_GW. If the
> reply arrives from the MY_GW quickly then things fine, otherwise the
> program is going to freeze waiting for the reply. I want to do the
> following:
>
> 1- Be able to impose a timeout after which i want to stop executing
> the s.recvfrom statement.
>
> rgds;
> m.smadi
That happens because those functions 'block.' Search for Non-blocking
sockets, and the 'select' module
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