[Python-Dev] Incompatible changes to xmlrpclib

M.-A. Lemburg mal@lemburg.com
Fri, 19 Jul 2002 10:44:17 +0200


> Any news on this one ?

If noone objects, I'd like to restore the old interface.

>> I noticed yesterday that the xmlrcplib.py version in CVS
>> is incompatible with the version in Python 2.2: all the
>> .dump_XXX() interfaces changed and now include a third
>> argument.
>>
>> Since the Marshaller can be subclassed, this breaks all
>> existing application space subclasses extending or changing
>> the default xmlrpclib behaviour.
>>
>> I'd opt for moving back to the previous style of calling the
>> write method via self.write.

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