Re: [Jython-checkins] SF.net SVN: jython:[6060] trunk/sandbox/wierzbicki/test27

[Alan K. <jyt...@xh...>]

[Frank]
> +#XXX: just copying from CPython -- someone with better knowledge of socket.py
> +#     should check if this makes sense.
> +_GLOBAL_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = object()
> +

Hi Frank,

That change relates to a greater change in 2.6, namely the
introduction of the create_connection method, which enables the use of
timeouts across all modules that layer on socket, i.e. urllib,
httplib, etc.

No way to disable socket timeouts in httplib, etc.
http://bugs.python.org/issue2451

http://svn.python.org/view?view=rev&revision=63788

So, this change is really part of a bigger change for 2.6.

Which raises the question: when are we targetting 2.6?

Regards,

Alan.