[Python-Dev] Notice of intent: rich comparisons

[Jeremy Hylton]

>>>>> "GS" == Greg Stein <gstein at lyra.org> writes:

  >> Greg Stein's new httplib.py (or Jeremy's?)

  GS> Mine is a drop-in replacement for the current
  GS> httplib.py. httplib.HTTP is compatible with the current version
  GS> and does HTTP/1.0.  httplib.HTTPConnection is similar to the
  GS> other (but (IMO) cleans up a few elements of the API); it does
  GS> HTTP/1.1, including persistent connections. This module follows
  GS> the design of the original httplib.py much more
  GS> closely. Jeremy's module uses a very different design approach
  GS> (no value judgement here; it's just different); also, it simply
  GS> copies over the old HTTP class, while mine derives the
  GS> compatible version from HTTPConnection. I'm not sure how much
  GS> testing Jeremy's has had, but I use my module for all
  GS> Python-based http work now. Some number of other people have
  GS> downloaded and used it, too.

  GS> I would recommend my new module, given the two options.

I think I agree.  I stopped working on my version quite some time ago, 
before I made enough progress to make it useful.  Thus, it makes a lot 
of sense to use Greg's working code.

I'd be curious to see how to use HTTPConnection to do persistent
connections and pipelined requests.  It wasn't entirely clear from the 
code what I would need to do to keep the connection open.  Do you just
re-use the HTTPConnection object -- call putrequest again after
getreply? 

I like the revised API that Greg's code uses.  The request method on
HTTPConnection objects cleans the API up in exactly the right way.  It 
has always seemed unnecessary to have many separate calls to add
headers and then a call to endheaders after putrequest.  Packaging
them all together in one method will simplify client code a lot.

  GS> I'll eventually have a davlib.py to add to the distribution, but
  GS> it needs more work. I'll contribute that later.

Cool!

Jeremy