[stdlib-sig] Choosing one of two options for url* in the stdlib reorg

[Steven Bethard]

On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 5:47 PM, Brett Cannon <brett at python.org> wrote:
>  So, two options for people to show support for.  One is to keep
>  everything and get cute with the naming::
>
>   urlparse -> url.parse
>   urllib -> url.fetch
>   urllib2 -> url.request
>
>  The second option is to ditch urllib, move the handy quoting tools
>  into either their own module or into what is currently urllib2::
>
>   urlparse -> url.parse
>   urllib -> GONE
>   urllib's utility functions -> url.quote
>   urllib2 -> url.request

+1 for the second option.  I'd also be happy if there were fewer than
3 modules in the package, but mainly I'd like to see urllib gone with
urllib2 in its place.

Steve
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