Returning Fault instances in xmlrpc

[Brian Quinlan]

> Yes, I see your point. But allowing them as return values seems a bit
> strange to me then. Why would you want to return a Fault object (which
> is specifically meant to represent an xmlrpc error) and have it
> converted to a mapping that does not cause any errors?

There is actually a case where you want this; if you are boxcaring
multiple XML-RPC requests for XML-RPC multicall then you have to
transmit Faults as structs inside a list.
 
> [snip]
> > I'm starting to suspect that you are being deliberately obtuse.
> 
> Thanks. That's a nice way of discussing things.

Sorry, I was just getting frustrated. 
 
> [snip]
> > Using obj.__dict__
> 
> OK. In other words, this will not include default values inherited
> from the class etc. Fair enough -- but not thoroughly documented as
> far as I can see. (Yes, the code is there, I know.)

And sourceforge is open for patches 24/7 :-)

Cheers,
Brian