[Python-Dev] smtplib docs: has_option() or has_extn()?

Greg Ward gward@python.net
Fri, 27 Dec 2002 16:05:34 -0500


Doc/lib/libsmtplib.tex refers to a mythical has_option() method of SMTP
objects.  (The string 'has_option' occurs nowhere in Lib/smtplib.py.
Neither does 'hasoption'.)  I'm pretty sure that it should be talking
about has_extn(), ie.:

--- lib/libsmtplib.tex  24 Mar 2002 15:41:40 -0000      1.22
+++ lib/libsmtplib.tex  27 Dec 2002 21:03:40 -0000
@@ -138,9 +138,9 @@
 Identify yourself to an ESMTP server using \samp{EHLO}.  The hostname
 argument defaults to the fully qualified domain name of the local
 host.  Examine the response for ESMTP option and store them for use by
-\method{has_option()}.
+\method{has_extn()}.
 
-Unless you wish to use \method{has_option()} before sending
+Unless you wish to use \method{has_extn()} before sending
 mail, it should not be necessary to call this method explicitly.  It
 will be implicitly called by \method{sendmail()} when necessary.
 \end{methoddesc}

This look wrong to anyone?  (Or is my CVS out-of-date?)

        Greg
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