[issue19494] urllib2.HTTPBasicAuthHandler (or urllib.request.HTTPBasicAuthHandler) doesn't work with GitHub API v3 and similar

[Terry J. Reedy]

Terry J. Reedy added the comment:

Let me revise what i said: This looks like a feature addition so I would not decide to treat it like a bug unless someone persuasively argues that current behavior violates the promise in the doc.

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type:  -> enhancement
versions: +Python 3.5 -Python 2.6, Python 2.7, Python 3.3, Python 3.4

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