DNS caching in python2.2

[Grimm, Garth]

Hello,

If I write a script that makes successive HTTP requests, using newly
instantiated objects from urllib for each request, is there any reason
to believe that the DNS resolution from the first call will be cached
and used for the second call?

Thanks

Garth Grimm
IMS Common Services (Search Program)
Technical Lead
(650)857-7305

 

[Michael Fuhr]

If I write a script that makes successive HTTP requests, using newly
instantiated objects from urllib for each request, is there any reason
to believe that the DNS resolution from the first call will be cached
and used for the second call?

Cached where? The DNS server you're querying probably caches the
results, but the resolver library the program uses might or might
not -- different systems behave differently. You could use a packet
sniffer to find out how your system behaves.