R. David Murray added the comment: Python often defaults to the practical over the strictly-conforming (unless there is a 'strict' flag :) We generally follow the lead of the browsers in implementing our web related modules.
The situation here appears to be a real mess. Here's an interesting overview on the just the DNS question: http://networkadminkb.com/KB/a156/windows-2003-dns-and-the-underscore.aspx Given that changing this would be a backward incompatible change, I recommend closing this as won't fix. I suspect the long term trend will be that everyone will eventually accept underscores, regardless of what the RFCs say. ---------- nosy: +r.david.murray _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue19451> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
