* lib/timeout.rb: Clarify timeout duration types. Patch by Alf Mikula.

[Ruby 1.9 - Bug #4791]
	* lib/net/http.rb: ditto


git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@32116 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e

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

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
 

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
   #