xmlrpclib timeouts

[p2esp]

>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm using the xmlrpclib module to contact an XMLRPC
>> server that takes a long time to send results back.
My
>> client timeouts.
>>
>> The question is whether there is a way to have an
>> xmlrpclib client that never timeouts. I have been
>> searching for some code examples on how to do that,
>> but I could not find any in the xmlrpclib
>> documentation.
>>
>> Thanks for any hints.

> "Client that never times out" is not a good idea,
generally.  
> Nothing in life is certain, but even moreso in
distributed 
> systems.  Timeouts are there to protect you from all
kinds
> of problem conditions (busy server, crashed
> server, etc.).  You really don't want your client to
be in a
> position of waiting for a response that is never
going to
> come.

...
> Paul

Thank you Paul for your informative message.

I do understand it's not a good idea to do this, and I
will check what you suggest. Nevertheless, I still
want to know: can a "never timeout" client be written
in xmlrpclib? 


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