The opinion of some random guy on the list... On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 12:15 AM, Pierre Quentel <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have been suggested to require feedback from core devs : > - should HTTP compression be supported ? > Yes. You are quite right, it's pretty standard stuff these days. > - if so, should it be supported by default ? It is the case in the PR, > where a number of content types, eg text/html, are compressed if the user > agent accepts the gzip "encoding" > I'm pretty wary of compression happening by default -- i.e. someone runs exactly the same code with a newer version of Python, and suddenly some content is getting compressed. - if not, should the implementation of http.server be adapted so that > subclasses could implement it ? For the moment the only way to add it is to > modify method send_head() of SimpleHTTPRequestHandler > sure -- though it would be nice for folks to be able to use compression without going through that process. The implementation is based on a list of types to compress > (SimpleHTTPServer.compressed_types) that can be modified at will, eg set > to the empty list to disable compression. > How about having it be an empty list by default and have one or more lists of common types be pre-populated and available in the SimpleHTTPServer namespace. that is: SimpleHTTPServer.compressed_types = SimpleHTTPServer.standard_compressed_types Or may be a method to turn on the "standard" set -- though if it really is simply a list, better to expose that so it's obvious that you can create your own list or examine and edit the existing one(s). Thanks for doing this -- nice feature! -CHB -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer Emergency Response Division NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception [email protected]
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