timeout in urllib.open()

[Stefan Palme]

>>> [Peter]
>>> I believe this can only be set globally:
>>> 
>>> import socket
>>> socket.setdefaulttimeout(seconds)
>>>
>> [Stefan]
>> ...
>> But when there is a "default timeout" (as indicated by
>> the method name) - isn't there a "per-socket timeout"
>> too?
> 
> [Peter]
> Yes, but it isn't as easily available...
> 
> Perhaps you find some ideas here:
> 
> http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2007-February/070897.html

Thanks, will have a look at this.

Regards
-stefan-