On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 13:39, Graham Dumpleton <graham.dumple...@gmail.com> wrote: > WSGI 2.0 isn't about Python 3.X, it is about removing start_response().
Okay, so it is orthogonal, right? > Python 3.X support can be catered for by clarifications in the WSGI > 1.0 specification and to a degree how Python 3.X is implemented is > dictated by existing practice in the form of what wsgiref implemented > in Python 3.1. The Apache/mod_wsgi implementation has had Python 3.X > support for over a year using the same interpretation. I believe > latest CherryPy WSGI server code is also providing Python 3.X support. > > Apache/mod_wsgi tried to push the issue of a new > definition/specification to cater for Python 3.X by actually > identifying itself as WSGI 1.1. The attempts at ratifying that didn't > happen however, but then no one has turned around either to complain > about Apache/mod_wsgi identifying itself as WSGI 1.1 and so it has > been left that way and not reverted to WSGI 1.0. > > So, in effect existing practice has determined how WSGI on Python 3.X > should be implemented and given how long this has been going on, > nothing is likely to change that now. You can however see a summary of > how it is being interpreted at: > > http://code.google.com/p/modwsgi/wiki/SupportForPython3X So that page has 8 points required for 3.x, which apparently wsgiref and CherryPy also adhere to? And you have 5 simplifications that, as far as we know, have only been been implemented in mod_wsgi? Cheers, Dirkjan _______________________________________________ Web-SIG mailing list Web-SIG@python.org Web SIG: http://www.python.org/sigs/web-sig Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/web-sig/archive%40mail-archive.com