At 11:53 AM 3/8/2007 +0100, Martin v. Löwis wrote: >That assumes there is a need for the old functionality. I really don't >see it (pje claimed he needed it once, but I remain unconvinced, not >having seen an actual fragment where the old behavior is helpful).
The code in question was a type association handler that looked up loader functions based on file extension. This was specifically convenient for recognizing the difference between .htaccess files and other dotfiles that might appear in a web directory tree -- e.g. .htpasswd. The proposed change of splitext() would break that determination, because .htpasswd and .htaccess would both be considered files with empty extensions, and would be handled by the "empty extension" handler. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
