socket.rcv timeout while-loop

[Stephen Hansen]

On 2/3/11 3:02 PM, Dwayne Blind wrote:
> 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 ?

Yes.

> So with a while loop, it should be :

I don't understand why you're doing this while loop business. Your
original question is asking for how to NOT do that, I thought. How to
use a timeout instead.

I showed you how to use a timeout instead-- now you're mixing it in with
what you originally had? Why?



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   Stephen Hansen
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