What's missing from python?

[Cameron Laird]

In article <899f842.0403230845.70e26735 at posting.google.com>,
Anthony_Barker <anthony_barker at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> > Encryption - AES and 3DES. Possibly RSA and Certificate processing.
>> > DNS - Something better than gethostbyaddr for looking up other record 
>> > types.
>> > Database - Something suitable for small projects / prototypes like 
>> > pysqlite or something in pure python even.
>> > SSL/TLS - Some useful support...
>
>I agree and would add the ldap module.
>
>My feeling is that once a module is included in the standard library
>the level of documentation and testing improves significantly. I've
>always prefered the python way of including libraries over perl.
>
>If the distro is too large you could always modify the installer to
>allow users to choose which modules to include(like ms office does
>with apps).

Heh-heh:  "you could always ..."  Installers can be
bigger investments than whole collections of modules.

I am fond of LDAP, by the way.
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Cameron Laird <claird at phaseit.net>
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