- fixed #102

README.rst

@@ -157,6 +157,10 @@ example::
 ChangeLog
 ============
 
+- v0.17.0
+
+  - can't set timeout on a standing websocket connection (#102)
+
 - v0.16.0
 
   - lock some method for multithread. (#92)

setup.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from setuptools import setup
 import sys
 
-VERSION = "0.16.0a"
+VERSION = "0.17.0"
 NAME="websocket-client"
 
 install_requires = ["six"]

websocket/_core.py

@@ -383,6 +383,8 @@ class WebSocket(object):
         timeout: timeout time(second).
         """
         self._timeout = timeout
+        if self.sock:
+            self.sock.settimeout(timeout)
 
     timeout = property(gettimeout, settimeout)