def _get_socket(self):
if self._check_dead():
return None
if self.socket:
return self.socket
s = Socket(self.family, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
if hasattr(s, 'settimeout'):
s.settimeout(self._SOCKET_TIMEOUT)
try:
s.connect(self.address)
except socket.timeout, msg:
self.mark_dead("connect: %s" % msg)
return None
