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title: Python docs link to terrible outsi - Confusing documentation in the
urllib2 HOWTO
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Brian Mingus added the comment:
The documentation is confusing. Consider this comment:
# All calls to urllib2.urlopen will now use our handler
# Make sure not to include the protocol in with the URL, or
# HTTPPasswordMgrWithDefaultRealm will be very confused.
# You must (of course) use it when
R. David Murray added the comment:
Suggesting using a 3rd party library in order to explain how to use the python
standard library to do something isn't going to work.
Would you like to propose an alternate article or an improvement to the howto,
using only stdlib facilities?
(Note that the
Brian Mingus added the comment:
Yes - this link was a waste of my time. It would have been better if it had not
been there. I propose to replace it with nothing.
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R. David Murray added the comment:
The article is *explaining* basic auth, thus the pedegogy of the presentation,
and why it is a see also and not part of the docs proper.
I'll admit I don't understand the first part of that comment, since the second
part says you do have to put the protocol
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Michael Foord added the comment:
As David explained, the linked article *explains* basic auth as well as showing
how to use the standard library support. I think the article is still of some
value, it has certainly been useful to many people.
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