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authorGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>2002-06-07 12:40:52 (GMT)
committerGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>2002-06-07 12:40:52 (GMT)
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Add timeout mode. Clarify gnu_getopt.
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@@ -130,7 +130,13 @@ Extension modules
Library
-- getopt.gnu_getopt was added.
+- Sockets now support timeout mode. After s.settimeout(T), where T is
+ a float expressing seconds, subsequent operations raise an exception
+ if they cannot be completed within T seconds. To disable timeout
+ mode, use s.settimeout(None).
+
+- getopt.gnu_getopt was added. This supports GNU-style option
+ processing, where options can be mixed with non-option arguments.
- Stop using strings for exceptions. String objects used for
exceptions are now classes deriving from Exception. The objects