BaseHTTPServer weirdness

[Ron Garret]

In article <mailman.306.1158021619.5279.python-list at python.org>,
 Steve Holden <steve at holdenweb.com> wrote:

> Ron Garret wrote:
> > In article <mailman.294.1158010161.5279.python-list at python.org>,
> >  Steve Holden <steve at holdenweb.com> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >>But basically, you aren't providing a CGI environment, and that's why 
> >>cgi.parse() isn't working.
> > 
> > 
> > Clearly.  So what should I be doing?  Surely I'm not the first person to 
> > have this problem?
> > 
> > I have managed to work around this for now by copying and modifying the 
> > code in cgi.parse, but this still feels like a Horrible Hack to me.
> > 
> Let me get this right. You are aware that CGIHTTPServer module exists. 
> But you don't want to use that.

That's right.  I don't want to run CGI scripts.  I don't want to launch 
a new process for every request.  I want all requests handled in the 
server process.

> Instead you want to use your own code.

No, the whole reason I'm asking this question is because I *don't* want 
to write my own code.  It seems to me that the code to do what I want 
ought to be out there (or in there) somewhere and I shouldn't have to 
reinvent this wheel.  But I can't find it.

> So you have ended up duplicating some of the functionality of the cgi 
> library. And it feels like a hack.

Yep.

rg