docs/usocket: Document that settimeout() isn't supported by all ports.

And describe an alternative of using uselect.poll().
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Paul Sokolovsky 2017-10-31 00:28:28 +02:00
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.. method:: socket.settimeout(value)
**Note**: Not every port supports this method, see below.
Set a timeout on blocking socket operations. The value argument can be a nonnegative floating
point number expressing seconds, or None. If a non-zero value is given, subsequent socket operations
will raise an `OSError` exception if the timeout period value has elapsed before the operation has
completed. If zero is given, the socket is put in non-blocking mode. If None is given, the socket
is put in blocking mode.
Not every `MicroPython port` supports this method. A more portable and
generic solution is to use `uselect.poll` object. This allows to wait on
multiple objects at the same time (and not just on sockets, but on generic
stream objects which support polling). Example::
# Instead of:
s.settimeout(1.0) # time in seconds
s.read(10) # may timeout
# Use:
poller = uselect.poll()
poller.register(s, uselect.POLLIN)
res = poller.poll(1000) # time in milliseconds
if not res:
# s is still not ready for input, i.e. operation timed out
.. admonition:: Difference to CPython
:class: attention