can catch any type of exception here since we re-raise the exception anyway

Author: andy

CHANGES

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+* 2.8.0 (in development)
+    * redis-py should play better with gevent when a gevent Timeout is raised.
+      Thanks leifkb.
 * 2.7.6
     * Added CONFIG RESETSTAT command. Thanks Yossi Gottlieb.
     * Fixed a bug introduced in 2.7.3 that caused issues with script objects

redis/connection.py

@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ def send_packed_command(self, command):
                 _errno, errmsg = e.args
             raise ConnectionError("Error %s while writing to socket. %s." %
                                   (_errno, errmsg))
-        except Exception:
+        except:
             self.disconnect()
             raise
 
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ def read_response(self):
         "Read the response from a previously sent command"
         try:
             response = self._parser.read_response()
-        except Exception:
+        except:
             self.disconnect()
             raise
         if isinstance(response, ResponseError):