[ python-Bugs-1690840 ] xmlrpclib methods submit call on __str__, __repr__

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Bugs item #1690840, was opened at 2007-03-29 15:14
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Category: Python Library
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Submitted By: Greg Hazel (ghazel)
>Assigned to: Fredrik Lundh (effbot)
Summary: xmlrpclib methods submit call on __str__, __repr__

Initial Comment:
Notice how trying to print a method causes it to submit the call:


Python 2.5 (r25:51908, Sep 19 2006, 09:52:17) [MSC v.1310 32 bit (Intel)] on win32
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>>> from xmlrpclib import ServerProxy
>>> s = ServerProxy("http://google.com")
>>> print s.somecall
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "c:\python25\lib\xmlrpclib.py", line 1147, in __call__
    return self.__send(self.__name, args)
  File "c:\python25\lib\xmlrpclib.py", line 1437, in __request
    verbose=self.__verbose
  File "c:\python25\lib\xmlrpclib.py", line 1191, in request
    headers
xmlrpclib.ProtocolError: <ProtocolError for google.com/RPC2: 501 Not Implemented


Similarly:

>>> f = s.somecall
>>> locals()
{'f': Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "c:\python25\lib\xmlrpclib.py", line 1147, in __call__
    return self.__send(self.__name, args)
  File "c:\python25\lib\xmlrpclib.py", line 1437, in __request
    verbose=self.__verbose
  File "c:\python25\lib\xmlrpclib.py", line 1191, in request
    headers
xmlrpclib.ProtocolError: <ProtocolError for google.com/RPC2: 501 Not Implemented>



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>Comment By: Collin Winter (collinwinter)
Date: 2007-04-04 11:10

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Fredrik, you originally wrote xmlrpclib: any objections to stringifying
_Method objects to something like "<xmlrpclib _Method somecall at
0x4636e346>"?

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Comment By: Greg Hazel (ghazel)
Date: 2007-04-04 02:45

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This would be reasonable:

>>> from xmlrpclib import ServerProxy
>>> s = ServerProxy("http://google.com")
>>> print s.somecall
<xmlrpclib._Method object at 0x00C08470>

Similarly:

>>> f = s.somecall
>>> locals()
{'f': <xmlrpclib._Method object at 0x00BA8030>, '__builtins__': <module
'__built
in__' (built-in)>, 's': <ServerProxy for google.com/RPC2>, '__name__':
'__main__
', 'ServerProxy': <class xmlrpclib.ServerProxy at 0x00C61AE0>, '__doc__':
None}

Bonus points for:
<xmlrpclib _Method somecall of <ServerProxy for google.com/RPC2>>

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Comment By: Collin Winter (collinwinter)
Date: 2007-03-29 22:59

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What would you rather seem them print?

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