[Python-Dev] Cookies.py in the core (was Tangent to Re: [Tutor] CGI and Python (fwd)) (original) (raw)

Fred L. Drake, Jr. fdrake@beopen.com
Wed, 2 Aug 2000 09:26:28 -0400 (EDT)

Guido van Rossum writes:

Do we have a procedure for putting more batteries in the core? I'm not talking about stuff like PEP-206, I'm talking about small, useful modules like Cookies.py.

Cookie support in the core would be a good thing.

There's also some cookie support in Grail (limited); that uses a Netscape-style client-side database. Note that the Netscape format is insufficient for the most recent cookie specifications (don't know the RFC #), but I understood from AMK that browser writers are expecting to actually implement that (unlike RFC 2109). If we stick to an in-process database, that wouldn't matter, but I'm not sure if that solves the problem for everyone. Regardless of the format, there's a little bit of work to do here.

-Fred

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