[Python-Dev] new httplib?
Guido van Rossum
guido@python.org
Wed, 16 Feb 2000 19:59:32 -0500
> I've been using my HTTP/1.1 httplib for quite a while now. It seems quite
> stable in everything that I've tried. I need to port over the recent
> changes for SSL stuff, but it is ready to go.
>
> The library contains a deprecated, backwards-compat class (HTTP), and its
> replacement: HTTPConnection. Responses are now handled through
> HTTPResponse class.
>
> Doc for the new class will also be needed, but (of course) the old doc
> still applies.
>
> Any comments on the module and/or its inclusion into 1.6?
Doesn't Jeremy have one too?
I would suggest putting the new classes in a new module,
e.g. httplib2.py, and leaving the old httplib unchanged.
BTW, where can we look at this code?
--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)