Specify exception type in request method

Author: pareshjoshij

Lib/http/client.py

@@ -1339,13 +1339,13 @@ def endheaders(self, message_body=None, *, encode_chunked=False):
     def request(self, method, url, body=None, headers={}, *,
                 encode_chunked=False):
         """Send a complete request to the server."""
-    try:
-        self._send_request(method, url, body, headers, encode_chunked)
-    except:
-        # If the transmission fails (e.g. timeout), close the connection
-        # to reset the state machine to _CS_IDLE.
-        self.close()
-        raise
+        try:
+            self._send_request(method, url, body, headers, encode_chunked)
+        except Exception:
+            # If the transmission fails (e.g. timeout), close the connection
+            # to reset the state machine to _CS_IDLE
+            self.close()
+            raise
 
     def _send_request(self, method, url, body, headers, encode_chunked):
         # Honor explicitly requested Host: and Accept-Encoding: headers.