signature of ldap.open changed?

[Michael Ströder]

Jens Vagelpohl wrote:
> 
> now that i got beyond the changed importing semantics i notice that the
> "open" call to open a new connection has a *different* signature?

AFAIK there's no such thing as a "signature" in Python.

> can someone explain what the reasoning is? and, what's even more important,
>   how is anyone supposed to support both versions and test for them
> successfully in the code without some really ugly workarounds?

I have to admit I've never used open() in that way. I've checked in
a modified version compliant to the old docs.

Michael.