- fixed #102

3 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 22c82f4..408856d 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/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)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ea47df3..981a37d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/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"]
diff --git a/websocket/_core.py b/websocket/_core.py
index 5948ab3..f2480a6 100644
--- a/websocket/_core.py
+++ b/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)