using socket timeout instead of select
; added testing for messages
commented out debug and info statements, to improve performance
bumped version to 1.3.3
bumped version to 1.3.3
assume utf8 encoding for incoming byte strings
bumped version to 1.3.4
automatic recovery from connection resets
fixed transactions test case
fixed transactions test case
bumped version to 1.3.5
improved error handling for rollback method
merged fixes from 1.3.x branch
bumped version to 1.5.1