On Fri, May 20, 2005 at 02:51:13PM -0400, David Binger wrote:
> What should be the result of this?
> response.set_charset('utf-8')
> response.set_content_type('text/rss+xml')
> The intent is clear, but the result is a surprise.
>
> I think the charset parameter should either be required for all
> calls to set_content_type(), or else it should not be present.
In retrospect, it should always be required. Maybe we could emit a
warning if it is not provided.
> Doesn't changing the charset because "most" calls are for images
> seem a little speculative and a lttle magical?
Yes. The change you made is not any better though, IMHO.
> Besides, the DEFAULT_CHARSET *is* iso-8859-1, right?
If someone is using a different charset (e.g. utf-8) I would expect
them to call set_charset() inside the root directory's _q_traverse
or monkey patch HTTPResponse.DEFAULT_CHARSET.
Neil
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