[stdlib-sig] Can imaplib be improved?
Grant Edwards
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Tue Mar 29 14:45:42 EDT 2016
On 2016-03-29, Random832 <random832 at fastmail.com> wrote:
> I'd posted this to stdlib-sig at python.org without realizing that that
> list is mostly dead.
>
> On Thu, Mar 24, 2016, at 22:33, Random832 wrote:
>> I assume that everyone who has ever used imaplib is familiar with how
>> painful its output format is to deal with.
Yes. Been there, done that, still have bald patches where I tore my
hair out.
>> I am wondering if anyone else has any ideas on ways it can be
>> extended in a backward-compatible way to provide options for better
>> parsing, handling unilateral data from the server, processing data
>> as it comes in, etc.
I think giving up on backwards compatiblity and starting from scratch
is the best idea.
I like imaplib2
https://pypi.python.org/pypi/imaplib2
https://github.com/bcoe/imaplib2
https://sourceforge.net/projects/imaplib2/
imapclient is pretty nice to work with:
https://pypi.python.org/pypi/IMAPClient
https://bitbucket.org/mjs0/imapclient
http://freshfoo.com/presentations/imapclient-intro/#/
Perhaps it (or something like it) could be added to the std library
alongside the current imaplib.
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