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

[Quentin Gallet-Gilles]

On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 4:23 AM, Steven Bethard <steven.bethard at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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.
>

Agreed, +1 for ditching urllib.

Quentin
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