Python urllib2.urlopen() is slow, need a better way to read several urls

Question

As the title suggests, I\'m working on a site written in python and it makes several calls to the urllib2 module to read websites. I then parse them with BeautifulSoup.

Answer 1

As a general rule, a given construct in any language is not slow until it is measured.

In Python, not only do timings often run counter to intuition but the tools for measuring execution time are exceptionally good.