Fix some markup errors and adjust wording slightly.

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Fred Drake 2002-06-06 21:57:48 +00:00
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\end{methoddesc}
\begin{methoddesc}[socket]{settimeout}{value}
Set a timeout on blocking socket operations. Value can be any numeric value
or \var{None}. Socket operations will raise an \exception{error} exception
if the timeout period \var{value} has elapsed before the operation has
completed. Setting a timeout of \var{None} disables timeouts on socket
operations.
Set a timeout on blocking socket operations. Value can be any numeric
value or \code{None}. Socket operations will raise an
\exception{error} exception if the timeout period \var{value} has
elapsed before the operation has completed. Setting a timeout of
\code{None} disables timeouts on socket operations.
\end{methoddesc}
\begin{methoddesc}[socket]{gettimeout}{}
Returns the timeout in floating seconds associated with socket operations.
A timeout of None indicates that timeouts on socket operations are
disabled.
Returns the timeout in floating seconds associated with socket
operations. A timeout of \code{None} indicates that timeouts on
socket operations are disabled.
\end{methoddesc}
Some notes on the interaction between socket blocking and timeouts:
socket blocking mode takes precendence over timeouts. If a socket
if set to non-blocking mode, then timeouts set on sockets are never
don't mean anything. The timeout value associated with the socket
can still be set via settimeout and its value retrieved via gettimeout,
but the timeout is never enforced (i.e, an exception will never be
thrown). Otherwise, if the socket is in blocking mode, setting the
timeout will raise an exception as expected.
socket blocking mode takes precendence over timeouts. If a socket if
set to non-blocking mode, then timeouts set on sockets are not used.
The timeout value associated with the socket can still be set using
\method{settimeout()} and its value retrieved using
\method{gettimeout()}, but the timeout is never enforced (an exception
will never be thrown). Otherwise, if the socket is in blocking mode,
setting the timeout will raise an exception as expected.
\begin{methoddesc}[socket]{setsockopt}{level, optname, value}
Set the value of the given socket option (see the \UNIX{} manual page