def __init__(self, timeOut=60):
        """
        Create the protocol.

        @param timeOut: the timeout to wait before detecting that the
            connection is dead and close it. It's expressed in seconds.
        @type timeOut: L{int}
        """
        self._current = deque()
        self._lenExpected = None
        self._getBuffer = None
        self._bufferLength = None
        self.persistentTimeOut = self.timeOut = timeOut

        Create the protocol.

        @param timeOut: the timeout to wait before detecting that the
            connection is dead and close it. It's expressed in seconds.
        @type timeOut: L{int}
        
stackoverflow/venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/twisted/protocols/memcache.py