[New-bugs-announce] [issue8238] Proxy handling

[Ciprian Trofin]

New submission from Ciprian Trofin <ciprian.trofin at ktd.ro>:

After I installed Python 2.6.5, I noticed a drop in performance of web connections via proxy.

This script:
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import time
import urllib2

timeMark = time.time()
opener = urllib2.build_opener()
textWeb = opener.open("http://www.google.com/").read()
print time.time() - timeMark
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takes about 60 seconds to complete (consistently)

The same script, run using Python 2.6.2 is completed in less than 1 second  (0.2seconds)

The test system:
- Windows XP SP3
- internet connection via corporate connection, using a proxy (the proxy is set in Control Panel - Internet Options etc)

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components: None
messages: 101742
nosy: ciprian.trofin
severity: normal
status: open
title: Proxy handling
type: performance
versions: Python 2.6

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