[issue10282] IMPLEMENTATION token differently delt with in NNTP capability

[Antoine Pitrou]

Antoine Pitrou <pitrou at free.fr> added the comment:

Rather than special casing the dict item, I would rather add an "nntp_implementation" attribute containing the desired value.

> Besides, shouldn't it be checked that the line is not empty, before
> splitting it?

If the line is empty, the server is non-conformant. Then it's a matter of taste whether all errors should be wrapped in higher-level exceptions; I tend to think it's useless clutter.

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