Well, of cource we can remain keyword args. In any case, since we are changing the signature, we can't care about the backward compatibility with more than two args.
Where can I look at the new code? I tried to svn up now, only giving me of version 2.1. --daishi At Wed, 13 Feb 2008 06:13:43 -0800 (PST), Elf wrote: > > > oh, also, i didnt say no-one was using the other args, only that no eggs > depended on more than two args. not many eggs use http-client directly, most > use the server. one of the things im working on needs the client to have > certain functionality atm, though, so at least some of the extra args are > useful. i added some and took some away. > > -elf > > On Wed, 13 Feb 2008, Daishi Kato wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I'm one of the guy who messed up the http-client. > > If nobody else is using other than two args, > > why don't we make it much simpler (http:POST req args) > > without keywords? > > > > A user who wants to customize POST method could do so using > > http:send-request. > > > > --daishi > > > > At Wed, 13 Feb 2008 01:41:52 -0800 (PST), > > Elf wrote: > >> > >> > >> the POST method does not do what would normally be expected, in many cases. > >> i am proposing to keep the first two args (request/request-server and args) > >> and to keyword the rest, as well as adding an additional new arg for > >> type (eg xml, form-urlencoded, multipart, etc). it seems from the code > >> that > >> this was originally envisioned, and if there are no objections i will > >> implement it immediately. i will patch any affected eggs as well, although > >> my grep through the repo shows no egg using more than the first two args. > >> the default will remain application/x-www-form-urlencoded so as not to > >> break > >> existing apps. > >> > >> thoughts? > >> > >> -elf > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Chicken-users mailing list > >> Chicken-users@nongnu.org > >> http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/chicken-users > >> > >> ****************************** > >> XREA.COM -Free Web Hosting- > >> http://www.xrea.com/ > >> ****************************** > > _______________________________________________ Chicken-users mailing list Chicken-users@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/chicken-users