mod_python 2.7.10 - publisher

[charlie knudsen]

I am setting up mod_python 2.7.10 on Apache 1.3.33 as a dso and was
wondering if there is a default function that is called when the publisher
handler is not given a function.  I have read through some documentation
and it looks like mod_python 3.x defaults to the index function, but that
does not appear to work for 2.7.  Also I am using python 2.3.4.

I have the following file as index.py in the test directory of my web root:

from mod_python import apache

def index(req):
    return "hello world"

Currently I get the following behavior:

http://localhost/test/index.py       - 404 error
http://localhost/test/index.py/index - my "hello world" output
http://localhost/test/index.py/      - I get :
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Mod_python error: "PythonHandler mod_python.publisher"

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/mod_python/apache.py", line 193, in
Dispatch
    result = object(req)

  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/mod_python/publisher.py", line 88,
in handler
    if func_path[-1] == ".":

IndexError: string index out of range
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I was wondering if there was a default function in mod_python 2.7.10.

If not, is there any reasons why I should not add one?  Other than the fact
that the current implementation is well tested.

Thank you,

Charlie