On Feb 17, 12:34 am, "Gabriel Genellina" <gagsl-...@yahoo.com.ar> wrote: > En Fri, 13 Feb 2009 20:17:35 -0200, Bryan <bryanv...@gmail.com> escribió: > > > > > On Feb 13, 1:52 pm, Jason Scheirer <jason.schei...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Feb 13, 12:42 pm, Bryan <bryanv...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> > I have a Python v2.5.2 server running and I found some undesirable > >> > behavior in the xmlrpclib module that is included with that version of > >> > Python. The xmlrpclib version that is included with Python 2.6 > >> > changes the behavior for the better. I nervous about upgrading my > >> > Python install to 2.6 on this server because I remember reading in the > >> > docs of a library I use that it targets the 2.5 branch. What is the > >> > best way to only upgrade the xmlrpclib in my 2.5 install? > >> What behavior, exactly, do you not like in xmlrpclib? Diffing the 2.5 > >> and 2.6, only significant differences I see are checks for True/False > >> as builtins left over from pre-2.4 and some datetime handling. > > The xmlrpclib in my 2.5.2 install does not allow the marshaling of my > > custom objects. It checks the type of my object, and if it isn't in a > > hard-coded list of types, then a "Cannot marshal object of <type> > > type" exception message shows up. The version in my Windows 2.6 > > install has a fall back case where if the type is not in the hard- > > coded list, it simply calls Object.__dict__ to get a graph of the > > object's values that can be marshaled into xmlrpc. > > > I am using xmlrpc through Pylons. As a workaround, instead of > > returning my custom objects in my xmlrpc server functions, I return > > MyObject.__dict__ > > > I also did not see anything in the revision log in the source file > > about this change. > > It was rev.52790:http://svn.python.org/view?rev=52790&view=rev > The tracker item has some background:http://bugs.python.org/issue1070046 > > -- > Gabriel Genellina
Can you give me a quick run down of your process for researching this information? I don't spend much time looking at the svn or bug tracker. Should I be checking there before posting? Bryan -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
