[Python-Dev] urllib2 extensibility patch -- comments?

[John J Lee]

It would be great if anyone could look at this RFE patch I posted a while
back:

http://python.org/sf/759792

One of urllib2's main reasons-for-being is to enable extensions that are
reasonably independent of each other.  This patch enables that for a
fairly big class of extensions.  I won't say any more here -- it's all in
the RFE.

The reason I'd appreciate comments on it now is that I'm working on cookie
code that I hope to get into 2.4.  I don't want to release a version of my
code with this change if the change isn't going to get into the Python
library.


John