XML-RPC Bug?

[Skip Montanaro]

    Jesper> With xmlrpclib & SimpleXMLRPCServer it is possible to call
    Jesper> procedures remotly, which return various simple python types.

    Jesper> If I call a procedure that returns nothing, I get a
    Jesper> "<ProtocolError: 500 Internal error>"

    Jesper> Surely that is a bug?

Actually, no it's not.  XML-RPC supports a limited set of data types.  It
doesn't support a nil or None type.  For details, check the XML-RPC spec:

    http://www.xmlrpc.com/spec

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