Python stdlib proposals

Karl Dubost wrote:
> hmm the interface is not exactly the same, that would be good to mix  
> the two codes. Making  a smooth transition, by maybe [patching][4]  
> little by little the urlparse.py  would help adoption in the python  
> community.

O.R.Senthil Kumaran is working on numerous updates of urllib2.py, urlparse.py, 
and cgi.py for the Google Summer of Code:

http://code.google.com/soc/2007/psf/appinfo.html?csaid=E73A6612F80229B6
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2007-June/073619.html
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2007-June/073635.html

He may have bitten off more than he can chew, IMO; backward compatibility
and the demands of flexible APIs may make his life rather difficult:

http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2007-March/072330.html

As I mention at the end of that post:

".,.you might also check the python-dev discussion of urllib in Sep 2004, 
urlparse in Nov 2005, and the competing uriparse.py proposals (Apr, Jun 
2006)."

Received on Wednesday, 1 August 2007 17:56:51 UTC