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diff --git a/Doc/library/urllib2.rst b/Doc/library/urllib2.rst index dad0340..0bdc8be 100644 --- a/Doc/library/urllib2.rst +++ b/Doc/library/urllib2.rst @@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ The :mod:`urllib2` module defines the following functions: :func:`urllib.urlencode` function takes a mapping or sequence of 2-tuples and returns a string in this format. - The optional *timeout* parameter specifies a timeout in seconds for the - connection attempt (if not specified, or passed as None, the global default - timeout setting will be used). This actually only work for HTTP, HTTPS, FTP and - FTPS connections. + The optional *timeout* parameter specifies a timeout in seconds for blocking + operations like the connection attempt (if not specified, or passed as + ``None``, the global default timeout setting will be used). This actually + only works for HTTP, HTTPS, FTP and FTPS connections. This function returns a file-like object with two additional methods: @@ -407,12 +407,13 @@ OpenerDirector Objects .. method:: OpenerDirector.open(url[, data][, timeout]) Open the given *url* (which can be a request object or a string), optionally - passing the given *data*. Arguments, return values and exceptions raised are the - same as those of :func:`urlopen` (which simply calls the :meth:`open` method on - the currently installed global :class:`OpenerDirector`). The optional *timeout* - parameter specifies a timeout in seconds for the connection attempt (if not - specified, or passed as None, the global default timeout setting will be used; - this actually only work for HTTP, HTTPS, FTP and FTPS connections). + passing the given *data*. Arguments, return values and exceptions raised are + the same as those of :func:`urlopen` (which simply calls the :meth:`open` + method on the currently installed global :class:`OpenerDirector`). The + optional *timeout* parameter specifies a timeout in seconds for blocking + operations like the connection attempt (if not specified, or passed as + ``None``, the global default timeout setting will be used; this actually only + works for HTTP, HTTPS, FTP and FTPS connections). .. versionchanged:: 2.6 *timeout* was added. |