Re: what does timeout mean in IO::Socket::INET ?

actually those timeout handling part in IO::Socket::INET module has been commented out. So there is no purpose to use the timeout(). In Authen::Radius module, then had ETIMEOUT error for indicating that timed out waiting for packet.

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Re^2: what does timeout mean in IO::Socket::INET ? by Anonymous Monk on Dec 29, 2008 at 12:59 UTC
Not in perl core http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/blob/HEAD:/ext/IO/lib/IO/Socket.pm (version 1.3) only in http://search.cpan.org/src/GBARR/IO-1.2301/IO/Socket/INET.pm (version 1.31)	[reply]
Re^3: what does timeout mean in IO::Socket::INET ? by zwon (Abbot) on Dec 29, 2008 at 13:16 UTC
Yes, it used by IO::Socket. But note that it use it only in `connect` and `accept`. So if you want timeout in `sysread` you should set socket option or better use IO::Select.	[reply]