added nonblocking connection, which makes timeouts now much more acurate; force renovation of timeout, as per_operation's first is the connection one (after connection, pass to operation)

lib/httpx/channel/ssl.rb

@@ -37,12 +37,13 @@ module HTTPX::Channel
       ctx.alpn_select_cb = lambda do |pr|
         pr.first unless pr.nil? || pr.empty? 
       end if ctx.respond_to?(:alpn_select_cb=) 
-
       super
+      return if @closed 
       @io = OpenSSL::SSL::SSLSocket.new(@io, ctx)
       @io.hostname = uri.host
       @io.sync_close = true
       @io.connect # TODO: non-block variant missing
+    rescue IO::WaitWritable 
     end
 
     def perform_io

lib/httpx/channel/tcp.rb

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
+require "ipaddr"
 require "forwardable"
 
 module HTTPX::Channel
@@ -17,9 +18,10 @@ module HTTPX::Channel
     attr_reader :uri, :remote_ip, :remote_port
 
     def to_io
-      return @io.to_io if defined?(@io)
+      if @closed
-      connect
+        connect
-      set_processor
+        set_processor unless @closed
+      end
       @io.to_io
     end
     
@@ -32,6 +34,8 @@ module HTTPX::Channel
       @pending = []
       @on_response = on_response
       set_remote_info
+      addr = IPAddr.new(@remote_ip)
+      @io = Socket.new(addr.family, :STREAM, 0)
     end
 
     def protocol
@@ -68,7 +72,8 @@ module HTTPX::Channel
       end
     end
 
-    def call 
+    def call
+      return if @closed
       dread
       dwrite
       nil
@@ -135,10 +140,18 @@ module HTTPX::Channel
     end
 
     def connect
-      @io = TCPSocket.new(@remote_ip, @remote_port)
+      return unless @closed
+      begin
+        @io.connect_nonblock(Socket.sockaddr_in(@remote_port, @remote_ip))
+      rescue Errno::EISCONN
+      end
+      @options.timeout # force renovation
       @read_buffer.clear
       @write_buffer.clear
       @closed = false
+    rescue Errno::EINPROGRESS,
+           Errno::EALREADY,
+           IO::WaitReadable
     end
 
     def set_processor