...in socket.py and httplib.py, with tests and docs. The patch is #1676823. Basically what I did now is: - Just put a timeout default to None. If None, skip settimeout() call. - Copy the exceptions behaviour that we have actually in the higher level libraries, to be sure we aren't breaking anything. - The function is now public, named "create_connection". Regards, -- . Facundo . Blog: http://www.taniquetil.com.ar/plog/ PyAr: http://www.python.org/ar/