Streaming XML-RPC?

Don Garrett garrett at bgb-consulting.com
Mon Mar 25 18:14:57 EST 2002


  Okay, I admit I haven't gone looking yet, but....

  Are there any decent (finished/tested) Jabber libraries for Python?

Jeremy Bowers wrote:
> 
> Magnus Lie Hetland wrote:
> > I'm thinking about implementing a library that uses the xml-part of
> > XML-RPC (i.e. XML-RPC without the HTTP) in two-way persistent stream
> > (tcp socket) somewhat like Jabber, to improve performance.
> 
> Why not Jabber? Jabber is meant to do that. It's designed to do that.
> It's *begging* you to use it that way.
> 
> This is in stark contrast to HTTP. HTTP thinks you're nuts. HTTP will
> fight you tooth and nail. HTTP is old, and hoary, and set in her ways.
> And XML-RPC isn't exactly ecstatic about being streamed, either.
> 
> Why fight the system when you can work with another one?

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