+void Socket::set_timeout(const Time::TimeDelta &timeout)
+{
+#ifndef WIN32
+ timeval tv;
+ timeout.fill_timeval(tv);
+ set_option(SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVTIMEO, &tv, sizeof(timeval));
+ set_option(SOL_SOCKET, SO_SNDTIMEO, &tv, sizeof(timeval));
+#else
+ DWORD msecs = static_cast<DWORD>(timeout/Time::msec);
+ set_option(SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVTIMEO, &msecs, sizeof(DWORD));
+ set_option(SOL_SOCKET, SO_SNDTIMEO, &msecs, sizeof(DWORD));
+#endif
+}
+