[Python-bugs-list] [ python-Bugs-661630 ] mimetypes.read_mime_types no longer returns a dict

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Bugs item #661630, was opened at 2003-01-04 01:31
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Category: Python Library
Group: Python 2.3
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Andrew Bennetts (spiv)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: mimetypes.read_mime_types no longer returns a dict

Initial Comment:
In 2.3a1, the API of the mimetypes module seems to have
changed in a backwards-incompatible way:

Python 2.2.2 (#1, Dec 18 2002, 10:36:37) 
[GCC 2.95.4 20011002 (Debian prerelease)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for
more information.
>>> import mimetypes
>>> type(mimetypes.read_mime_types('/etc/mime.types'))
<type 'dict'>

Python 2.3a1 (#2, Jan  1 2003, 18:44:29) 
[GCC 3.2.2 20021212 (Debian prerelease)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for
more information.
>>> import mimetypes
>>> type(mimetypes.read_mime_types('/etc/mime.types'))
<type 'tuple'>
>>> type(mimetypes.read_mime_types('/etc/mime.types')[0])
<type 'dict'>


That is, for some reason the result is now inside a
tuple.  Obviously this breaks existing code.  

The documentation for read_mime_types still states "The
type map is returned as a dictionary...", so I presume
this is a bug, rather than an intentional change.


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