[Python-Dev] Re: httplib.py vs 222 (original) (raw)

Skip Montanaro skip@pobox.com
Wed, 25 Sep 2002 10:31:29 -0500 

mwh> I'm tempted to just dump the trunk's version of httplib.py onto the
mwh> release branch.  Poring over logs reveals that nearly every checkin
mwh> is marked as a bugfix candidate (occasionally with a question
mwh> mark).

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mwh> But I've never used httplib, so I thought I should ask here first
mwh> (and Cc: the people responsible for most of the changes).

The one change I applied to httplib since the 2.2 release was to fix a problem with invalid urls. If a colon follows the server name but is followed by a non-numeric string or no string at all before the start of the path, an InvalidURL exception is raised. This is definitely a bugfix candidate. Jeremy's hand has been on that module much more heavily. I think it should probably be his call.

Skip