New submission from Maxime Lorant: For the moment, RobotFileParser (on both Python 2.x and 3.x) has a method modified, but it is never called in the class itself, hence the last_checked attribute is always at 0 if the user doesn't call modified() explicitly.
I would suggest to add a call to modified() at the end of the read() method. It makes more sense to have a last_checked value (returns in mtime()) updated by the class itself. Especially when the doc says: "Returns the time the ``robots.txt`` file was last fetched.". Currently this sentence isn't true, since the value has to be updated by the user. ---------- components: Library (Lib) files: robotparser.diff keywords: patch messages: 217370 nosy: mlorant, orsenthil priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: robotparser: Automatically call modified function in read() type: enhancement versions: Python 2.7, Python 3.1, Python 3.2, Python 3.3, Python 3.4, Python 3.5 Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file35073/robotparser.diff _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue21373> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
