making python scripts backwards compatible

[Brian Quinlan]

MvL wrote:
> > Only if he insisted on just the first half of his request would he
then,
> > arguably, be asking too much.
> 
> I think the OP is indeed requesting only the first
> half. SimpleXMLRPCServer.py is part of the standard library in current
> releases, and the standard library *only* works with the Python
> interpreter that ships with it, not with earlier versions, not with
> later versions.

There are a few exceptions to that, I believe e.g. Ping is still trying
to keep pydoc backwards compatible, /F is keeping xmlrpclib backwards
compatible, etc.

Cheers,
Brian