Problem patching SimpleXMLRPCServer.py

[Thomas G. Apostolou]

Hello all,
I use Python 2.3.3 and try to patch SimpleXMLRPCServer.py with the patch i
got from Python.org.
so after changing to the directory where both SimpleXMLRPCServer.py and
SimpleXMLRPCServer.patch reside i run :
patch -i SimpleXMLRPCServer.patch -b --verbose --dry-run
SimpleXMLRPCServer.py
and i get :
Hmm...patch: **** unexpected end of hunk at line 47

The SimpleXMLRPCServer.patch file at lines 24-48 reads like :
--- 107,128 ----
  import types
  import os

! def resolve_dotted_attribute(obj, attr, allow_dotted_names=True):
      """resolve_dotted_attribute(a, 'b.c.d') => a.b.c.d

      Resolves a dotted attribute name to an object.  Raises
      an AttributeError if any attribute in the chain starts with a '_'.
+
+     If the optional allow_dotted_names argument is false, dots are not
+     supported and this function operates similar to getattr(obj, attr).
      """

!     if allow_dotted_names:
!         attrs = attr.split('.')
!     else:
!         attrs = [attr]
!
!     for i in attrs:
          if i.startswith('_'):
              raise AttributeError(
                  'attempt to access private attribute "%s"' % i
***************
*** 156,162 ****

The SimpleXMLRPCServer.py at lines 107-128 reads like :
import types
import os

def resolve_dotted_attribute(obj, attr):
    """resolve_dotted_attribute(a, 'b.c.d') => a.b.c.d

    Resolves a dotted attribute name to an object.  Raises
    an AttributeError if any attribute in the chain starts with a '_'.
    """

    for i in attr.split('.'):
        if i.startswith('_'):
            raise AttributeError(
                'attempt to access private attribute "%s"' % i
                )
        else:
            obj = getattr(obj,i)
    return obj

def list_public_methods(obj):
    """Returns a list of attribute strings, found in the specified
    object, which represent callable attributes"""

i am trying to understand what is wrong, trying to change 107-128 to 107-125
but it doesn't seem to work...

any solution or explanation would be helpfull


Thomas G. Apostolou