httplib\urllib attributes problem

[Bobbie]

thanks.
question:  why can't I just totally erase that "self.addheaders = " line  ?

B.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jordan Krushen" <jordan at krushen.com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.python
To: <python-list at python.org>
Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 9:48 AM
Subject: Re: httplib\urllib attributes problem


> On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 07:45:19 GMT, Jordan Krushen <jordan at krushen.com> 
> wrote:
> 
> > At least for this one, here's the relevant code from urllib2.py:
> >
> > class OpenerDirector:
> > def __init__(self):
> > server_version = "Python-urllib/%s" % __version__
> > self.addheaders = [('User-agent', server_version)]
> >
> > You should be able to override your opener's addheaders attribute 
> > (untested):
> >
> > opener.addheaders = None
> 
> Actually, it's late.  Use this instead:
> 
> opener.addheaders = []
> 
> This won't break if something else tries to append to the list.
> 
> J.
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