[Python-Dev] Adding resume (206) support to urllib(2)

[Oleg Broytmann]

On Wed, Dec 13, 2006 at 08:30:00AM +0100, "Martin v. L?wis" wrote:
> If you add protocol-specifics to urllib, the abstraction that urllib
> provides goes away, and you are better off (IMO) to use the underlying
> protocol library in the first place.

   IMO you better don't because urllib2 provides not only an abstraction,
but a lot of services (authenticated proxies, cached FTP files)...

Oleg.
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