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-rw-r--r--lib/net/http.rb10
-rw-r--r--lib/timeout.rb3
3 files changed, 14 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 1a4d97ee8a..753b619c8c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+Thu Jun 16 14:15:47 2011 Eric Hodel <drbrain@segment7.net>
+
+ * lib/timeout.rb: Clarify timeout duration types. Patch by Alf Mikula.
+ [Ruby 1.9 - Bug #4791]
+ * lib/net/http.rb: ditto
+
Thu Jun 16 13:25:25 2011 Eric Hodel <drbrain@segment7.net>
* lib/rdoc*: Import RDoc 3.7 release candidate
diff --git a/lib/net/http.rb b/lib/net/http.rb
index 36fb418777..045967caa3 100644
--- a/lib/net/http.rb
+++ b/lib/net/http.rb
@@ -619,13 +619,15 @@ module Net #:nodoc:
# The port number to connect to.
attr_reader :port
- # Number of seconds to wait for the connection to open.
- # If the HTTP object cannot open a connection in this many seconds,
- # it raises a TimeoutError exception.
+ # Number of seconds to wait for the connection to open. Any number
+ # may be used, including Floats for fractional seconds. If the HTTP
+ # object cannot open a connection in this many seconds, it raises a
+ # TimeoutError exception.
attr_accessor :open_timeout
# Number of seconds to wait for one block to be read (via one read(2)
- # call). If the HTTP object cannot read data in this many seconds,
+ # call). Any number may be used, including Floats for fractional
+ # seconds. If the HTTP object cannot read data in this many seconds,
# it raises a TimeoutError exception.
attr_reader :read_timeout
diff --git a/lib/timeout.rb b/lib/timeout.rb
index 4e4612bf08..91d120a113 100644
--- a/lib/timeout.rb
+++ b/lib/timeout.rb
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ module Timeout
# Perform an operation in a block, timing it out if it takes longer
# than +sec+ seconds to complete.
#
- # +sec+:: number of seconds to wait for the block to terminate
+ # +sec+:: Number of seconds to wait for the block to terminate. Any number
+ # may be used, including Floats to specify fractional seconds.
# +klass+:: Exception Class to raise if the block fails to terminate
# in +sec+ seconds. Omitting will use the default, Timeout::Error
#