[Python-checkins] CVS: python/dist/src/Lib xmlrpclib.py,1.11,1.12

Skip Montanaro skip@pobox.com (Skip Montanaro)
Wed, 10 Oct 2001 17:45:24 -0500


    Guido> In 2.2, why don't we just marshal str(value)?  If the receiving
    Guido> side can handle bigints (as 2.2 can), it will automatically do
    Guido> the right thing, right?  Or does xmlrpc have a restriction on the
    Guido> size of <int>111111111111111111111111111111111111111111</int>?

Yes, that's it precisely (four-byte signed ints).  The XML-RPC spec is
probably worth a quick glance for any Pythoneers not familiar with it.  It's
quite short.

    http://www.xmlrpc.com/spec

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