From: Mark Hahn <mchahn@...>
Date: 2001-12-31T01:38:35+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:29729] Re: http timeout?

> Sould I set timeout limit by default?

Yes.  A call that never returns is a bad thing.  The timeouts you suggested
would be great.

Using only pickaxe, I had no way of knowing about the timeout methods.  For
some reason the Protocol module is not documented.

Can you answer my question about what happens to a socket when the thread is
killed?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Minero Aoki" <aamine@mx.edit.ne.jp>
To: "ruby-talk ML" <ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2001 2:24 AM
Subject: [ruby-talk:29714] Re: http timeout?


>
>   In mail "[ruby-talk:29678] http timeout?"
>     "Mark Hahn" <mchahn@facelink.com> wrote:
>
> > If I try to connect to an http server with Net::HTTP.new().get and the
> > server doesn't respond, the get call never returns (I've waited 3
minutes).
> > Shouldn't there be a timeout?
>
> Try this:
>
>    http = Net::HTTP.new(host,port)
>    http.open_timeout = 30  # secs
>    http.read_timeout = 60  # secs
>    ....
>
> Sould I set timeout limit by default?
>
> -- Minero Aoki
>