``http.server`` is used in ``pydoc``: https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/ccb7ca728e09b307f9e9fd36ec40353137e68a3b/Lib/pydoc.py#L2236
On Tue, May 21, 2019 at 10:12:50AM -0700, Guido van Rossum <gu...@python.org> wrote: > I still like http.server for quick temporary hacks where I want to be able > to point a browser at some code I wrote 5 minutes ago and that I plan to > discard in an hour. Usually it's running at localhost:8000. Remembering how > to use Django, flask or Tornado seems overkill for that purpose. > > On Tue, May 21, 2019 at 9:39 AM Glenn Linderman <v+pyt...@g.nevcal.com> > wrote: > > > On 5/20/2019 2:20 PM, Christian Heimes wrote: > > > > On 20/05/2019 23.12, Andrew Svetlov wrote: > > > > socketserver.py is also questionable > > > > I briefly though about the module, but didn't consider it for removal. The > > http.server, xmlrpc.server, and logging configuration server are > > implemented on top of the socketserver. I don't want to remove the > > socketserver module without a suitable replacement for http.server in the > > standard library. > > > > > > But http.server could be on the remove list too... it gets mighty little > > support, has very little functionality, and implements a CGI interface > > (although that also has very little functionality), and you have the CGI > > tools on the remove list, rendering the CGI interface implemented by > > http.server less easily usable. > > > > Further, it doesn't directly support https:, and browsers are > > removing/reducing support for http:. > > > > I can't speak to xmlrpc or logging configuration. > -- > --Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido) > *Pronouns: he/him/his **(why is my pronoun here?)* > <http://feministing.com/2015/02/03/how-using-they-as-a-singular-pronoun-can-change-the-world/> Oleg. -- Oleg Broytman https://phdru.name/ p...@phdru.name Programmers don't die, they just GOSUB without RETURN. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
