Added a _retries variable at the main module file (musicbrainz.py…

…). Underscored so people only use if they know what they're doing. Solved issues #174 and #218. Signed-off-by: Itay Brandes <[email protected]>
alastair · May 10, 2017 · 6ea48da · 6ea48da
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diff --git a/musicbrainzngs/musicbrainz.py b/musicbrainzngs/musicbrainz.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 _version = "0.7dev"
 _log = logging.getLogger("musicbrainzngs")
+_max_retries = 8
 
 LUCENE_SPECIAL = r'([+\-&|!(){}\[\]\^"~*?:\\\/])'
 
@@ -461,7 +462,7 @@ def get_method(self):
 
 # Core (internal) functions for calling the MB API.
 
-def _safe_read(opener, req, body=None, max_retries=8, retry_delay_delta=2.0):
+def _safe_read(opener, req, body=None, max_retries=_max_retries, retry_delay_delta=2.0):
 	"""Open an HTTP request with a given URL opener and (optionally) a
 	request body. Transient errors lead to retries.  Permanent errors
 	and repeated errors are translated into a small set of handleable