On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 3:50 PM, Malthe Borch <mbo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 2009/11/24 Ian Bicking <i...@colorstudy.com>: > > You mean specifically environ['wsgi.input'] ? While the file-like > interface > > is difficult, other possible interfaces aren't so great either. As to > > putting the request body in the environment, I don't know what the > problem > > is? Or are you just concerned that people put arbitrary things in the > > environ? There's far too many important use cases that are satisfied by > the > > extensible nature of the environ to give it up just because some people > > believe it is overused. > > How people use or abuse software is not our concern; but the standard > library should not itself abuse its own abstractions. > > The file-like (stream) interface is fine, but it must not live in the > HTTP environment. I don't know of any other languages that mix the two > (Perl's CGI.pm does, but that's another matter). > Why does this matter? -- Ian Bicking | http://blog.ianbicking.org | http://topplabs.org/civichacker
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