Allow client timeout to be a float

Author: edmundlam

pusher/client.py

@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ def __init__(
 
         self._port = port or (443 if ssl else 80)
 
-        if not isinstance(timeout, six.integer_types):
-              raise TypeError("timeout should be an integer")
+        if not (isinstance(timeout, six.integer_types) or isinstance(timeout, float)):
+              raise TypeError("timeout should be an integer or a float")
 
         self._timeout = timeout
         self._json_encoder = json_encoder

pusher_tests/test_client.py

@@ -55,6 +55,13 @@ def test_port_should_be_number(self):
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, lambda: Client(
             app_id=u'4', key=u'key', secret=u'secret', ssl=True, port=u'400'))
 
+    def test_timeout_should_be_number(self):
+        Client(app_id=u'4', key=u'key', secret=u'secret', timeout=1)
+        Client(app_id=u'4', key=u'key', secret=u'secret', timeout=3.14)
+
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, lambda: Client(
+            app_id=u'4', key=u'key', secret=u'secret', timeout=u'1'))
+
 
     def test_port_behaviour(self):
         conf = Client(app_id=u'4', key=u'key', secret=u'secret', ssl=True)