cast timeout to float

diff --git a/sfa/util/xmlrpcprotocol.py b/sfa/util/xmlrpcprotocol.py
index 1cdc605..25e7b76 100644 (file)
--- a/sfa/util/xmlrpcprotocol.py
+++ b/sfa/util/xmlrpcprotocol.py
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ class XMLRPCTransport(xmlrpclib.Transport):
                 real_conn = conn
             conn.connect()
             if hasattr(real_conn, "sock") and hasattr(real_conn.sock, "settimeout"):
-                real_conn.sock.settimeout(self.timeout)
+                real_conn.sock.settimeout(float(self.timeout))
 
         return conn