[Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] cpython: Fix closes Issue11281 - smtplib.STMP gets source_address parameter, which adds

[Antoine Pitrou]

On Sun, 31 Jul 2011 17:17:00 +0100
Michael Foord <fuzzyman at voidspace.org.uk> wrote:
> > I found that [, timeout] bit odd too. But is not mentioning that as
> > timeout=None when it is timeout=socket._GLOBAL_DEFAULT_TIME
> > technically inaccurate?
> > 
> 
> It does mean that users will expect to be able to call with an explicit timeout=None and get the default behaviour. Just use the numeric value of the global timeout perhaps?

The global timeout is controllable at runtime through
socket.setdefaulttimeout(). That's the whole point of using an opaque
sentinel.

Regards

Antoine.