On 09/07/2012 08:33 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On 08/09/12 01:16, Ray Jones wrote: >> 2.7.3 >> According to the docs, urlopen has a timeout capability. But it says >> that the timeout = '<object object>' > > Which docs are those? According to these docs: > > http://docs.python.org/library/urllib2.html > > "The optional timeout parameter specifies a timeout in seconds for > blocking operations like the connection attempt (if not specified, > the global default timeout setting will be used). This actually > only works for HTTP, HTTPS and FTP connections." > I was looking at the doc strings(?) in iPython's help system.
> Can you give an actual working example of what you have tried, what > you expect to happen, and what actually happens? > See my response to Dave Angel, and thanks for the reply. Ray _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
