[Python-Dev] Leading with XML-RPC

[Eric Kidd]

On Tue, Jul 10, 2001 at 02:10:59PM -0400, Guido van Rossum wrote:
> Fredrik Lundh's xmlrpclib.py looks ready for the Python standard
> library, if Fredrik agrees.  The license is right.  I'm not sure but I
> believe that Eric Kidd's version is C or C++ code that *could* be
> linked into Python?  This seems less attractive because there will
> always have to be a separate distribution (for non-Python targets).

I recommend using /F's library.  It's less than a thousand lines of nice,
clean Python, and it doesn't duplicate any code in the Python core.

My library is quite a bit faster, but it contains lots of C code which
duplicates Python features.

The right solution is use /F's code.  And if his code isn't fast enough,
small sections can be rewritten in C without breaking the API.
 
> But maybe the motivation is wrong.  We should decide to include (or
> not to include) xml-rpc based on a user need, not based on political
> motives.  There may be a user need; Fredrik, do you know how popular
> your xmlrpc module is?

Moderately popular, AFAIK--it's currently bundled with Zope, and it's one
of the nicest XML-RPC libraries out there.

I've actually used Fredrik's library in more projects than my own.  This is
probably because I'd rather program in Python than C. :-)

Cheers,
Eric