Issue 1014022: mimetypes add_type has bogus self parameter (original) (raw)

This issue has been migrated to GitHub: https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/40805

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Created on 2004-08-23 01:39 by cliffwells18, last changed 2022-04-11 14:56 by admin. This issue is now closed.

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msg22174 - (view)	Author: Cliff Wells (cliffwells18)	Date: 2004-08-23 01:39
Python 2.3.3 mimetypes module defines the following function: def add_type(self, type, ext, strict=True) This is incorrect as there should be no "self" argument.
msg22175 - (view)	Author: Cliff Wells (cliffwells18)	Date: 2004-08-23 01:48
Logged In: YES user_id=340357 Actually, the real problem appears to be that mimetypes.init() isn't called automatically as the documentation suggests. import mimetypes mimetypes.add_type('text/xml', '.rss') doesn't work but import mimetypes mimetypes.init() mimetypes.add_type('text/xml', '.rss') does. From http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/module-mimetypes.html: "The functions described below provide the primary interface for this module. If the module has not been initialized, they will call init() if they rely on the information init() sets up."
msg22176 - (view)	Author: Walter Dörwald (doerwalter) *	Date: 2004-08-23 08:15
Logged In: YES user_id=89016 The problem with the bogus self parameter has already been fixed in CVS (both on the trunk (revision 1.30) and on the maintainance branch (revision 1.28.8.2 which went into release 2.3.4). The global add_type() *does* call init(). Can you check whether your problem is gone with 2.3.4?
msg22177 - (view)	Author: Walter Dörwald (doerwalter) *	Date: 2004-09-06 19:35
Logged In: YES user_id=89016 Closing the bug as "out of date". If this is still an issue, please feel free to reopen it.