[ python-Feature Requests-1043134 ] mimetypes.guess_extension('text/plain') == '.ksh' ???

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Feature Requests item #1043134, was opened at 2004-10-08 08:44
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Category: Python Library
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Status: Open
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Priority: 5
Submitted By: Robert Kiendl (kxroberto)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: mimetypes.guess_extension('text/plain') == '.ksh' ???

Initial Comment:
Instead of returning the first in the list of
extensions it should return the most reasonable . here:
to have a *.txt on disk after saveing?



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Comment By: Josiah Carlson (josiahcarlson)
Date: 2004-12-18 16:44

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While I agree with the original poster that returning '.txt'
is preferable to the others in the list returned by
mimetypes.guess_all_extensions() at least 9 times out of 10,
being able to prioritize all of the types is not necessarily
the easiest thing to do for all of the possible returned lists.

Is using a custom comparison function along with the list
returned by guess_all_extensions() sufficient?

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Comment By: Johannes Gijsbers (jlgijsbers)
Date: 2004-10-11 13:15

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common_types is for adding some non-standard types, not for
determining which extension is most reasonable. I'll be
happy to look at a decent patch, but I'm moving this to
feature request until then.

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Comment By: Robert Kiendl (kxroberto)
Date: 2004-10-10 01:44

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in mimetypes.py there is already a

common_types = {
    '.jpg' : 'image/jpg',
...

.txt could be added,
mayby guess_extension should first reverse-take it out of
there, not random ...?

background: my intent was to save MIME attachment as
(startable) temporary file. yet got wonderful .ksh's for
textfiles, and had to fumble ...

 


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Comment By: Johannes Gijsbers (jlgijsbers)
Date: 2004-10-09 08:26

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How would you suggest finding out what the most reasonable
extension for a mime type is?

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