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

Skip Montanaro skip@pobox.com (Skip Montanaro)
Wed, 10 Oct 2001 22:30:19 -0500


    Tim> I don't know -- I'm not an xmlrpc guy.  My guess, though, is that
    Tim> we should refuse to produce anything that doesn't meet the letter
    Tim> of the spec (although "the spec" in this case leaves oodles of
    Tim> stuff un-spec-ified, it seemed clear about the limitation to 4
    Tim> bytes for ints; OTOH, IIRC it didn't specify 2's-complement ints,
    Tim> and if not we can only guess at the intended limits).

yeah, the spec is pretty casual.  As for twos-complement, it's not needed.
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Skip