[stdlib-sig] Any feedback on proposed http and xmlrpc packages?

[Brett Cannon]

On Feb 4, 2008 7:33 AM, Bill Janssen <janssen at parc.com> wrote:
> > Yes, XML-RPC uses HTTP as a transport, but
> > then HTTP uses TCP/IP as a transport, which would suggest
> > socket.http.xmlrpc or tcpip.http.xmlrpc.
>
> Ah, good suggestion :-).  tcpip.http.xmlrpc, I'd think.
>
> Why not make the top-level package "web" instead  of "http"?

Because not every web-based module can be put into a web package with
it's name being improved. Think of the groupings as along the lines of
concrete connections like HTTP, not abstract ideas like the web.

-Brett