socket.rcv timeout while-loop

[Dwayne Blind]

Thanks Stephen. It's really nice of you.

I have not understood everything though. (I have never used a context
manager before.)

Here are some comments :

     timeout = s.gettimeout()    # Is that the default timeout ?
     s.settimeout(3) # I guess this is a 3 second timeout
     s.recv(1024)
     s.settimeout(timeout) # You change it back ?

So with a while loop, it should be :

     timeout = s.gettimeout()
     s.settimeout(3)
     b=time.clock()
     while time.clock()-b<3 :
          data=s.recv(1024)
     s.settimeout(timeout)

Am I right ?

Thanks again,
Dwayne


2011/2/3 Stephen Hansen <me+list/python at ixokai.io>

> On 2/3/11 10:13 AM, Dwayne Blind wrote:
> > Thanks for your answer. I don't want to reset my socket. I want to apply
> > the timeout to the rcv method only.
>
> Setting the timeout does not "reset [your] socket", I don't think. And I
> get that you want to only timeout recv... that's why I pointed out its a
> socket method, not an argument to recv. If you don't want it to apply to
> everything else, you just have to be sure to change it back after recv.
>
> Just:
>  timeout = s.gettimeout()
>  s.settimeout(3)
>  s.recv(1024)
>  s.settimeout(timeout)
>
> Personally, I'd prefer to do:
>
> with timeout(s, 3):
>    s.recv(1024)
>
> That's a lot more clear, and I'd roll this context manager to accomplish
> it:
>
> --- start
>
> from contextlib import contextmanager
>
> @contextmanager
> def timeout(sock, timeout):
>    old_timeout = sock.gettimeout()
>    sock.settimeout(timeout)
>    try:
>        yield sock
>    finally:
>        sock.settimeout(old_timeout)
>
> --- end
>
> The contextmanager decorator is an easy/quick way of making a context
> manager. Everything up until the yield is executed before the 'with'
> block is run, and everything after the yield is executed after the
> 'with' block concludes.
>
> If the with block throws an exception, it'll be catchable at the yield
> point.
>
> --
>
>   Stephen Hansen
>   ... Also: Ixokai
>   ... Mail: me+list/python (AT) ixokai (DOT) io
>   ... Blog: http://meh.ixokai.io/
>
>
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