> > The timeout will be useful to let the client or user decide
> > on an alternate course of action other that killing his
> > application (without the need for timers or threads in the
> > client program).
>
> This assumes (without evidence) that the client has a good
> idea of what the timeout limit ought to be. I think this "feature"
> has no real use other than encouraging application programmers to
> shoot themselves in the foot. I see no reason that we should make
> it easy to misdesign applications.
AFAIR, Big Boys have this feature. If its implementation is safe,
ie will not affect applications not using it, why do not implement it?
Vadim
