[Python-Dev] mimetypes patch #554192

[Barry A. Warsaw]

>>>>> "WD" =3D=3D Walter D=F6rwald <walter@livinglogic.de> writes:

    WD> Martin v. Loewis and I were discussing whether it would make
    WD> sense to make the helper method add_type (which is used for
    WD> adding a mapping between one type and one extension) visible
    WD> on the module level.

    WD> Any comments?

+1 on add_types() being public, but it should probably have a strict
flag to decide whether to add the new entry to the standard types dict
or the common types dict.

-Barry