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

Guido van Rossum guido@beopen.com
Wed, 02 Aug 2000 09:32:02 -0500

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.

I think Cookie.py is for server-side management of cookies, not for client-side. Do we need client-side cookies too????

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.pythonlabs.com/~guido/)