[issue8619] Doc bug for urllib.request._urlopener in Python 3.1+

Senthil Kumaran added the comment: Removed in r81283 and r81284. With respect to the technical details of exposing this functionality for _urlretrieve and URLOpener. - users can still do it. - There is a better way, if the other global _opener be served for the same purpose, so that build_open

[issue8619] Doc bug for urllib.request._urlopener in Python 3.1+

Senthil Kumaran added the comment: Actually, I see certain use-cases of _urlopener in py3k. Most visible one being urllib.request.urlretrieve and also URLOpener.open which is different from build_opener way of doing things. - But still, public exposure of overriding globals to can be removed.

[issue8619] Doc bug for urllib.request._urlopener in Python 3.1+

Senthil Kumaran added the comment: The functionality provided by urllib.request._urlopener can be accomplished in a more natural way using build_opener. Historically, _urlopener was there for urllib and build_opener style came in urllib2. So, I think, this can be safely be removed from the do

[issue8619] Doc bug for urllib.request._urlopener in Python 3.1+

R. David Murray added the comment: Mainly I'm saying that I don't think a public API should have a name starting with an '_'. Sets a bad precedent :) Looking at the functionality more closely, though, it does make me nervous that we are recommending changing the global state of the module.

[issue8619] Doc bug for urllib.request._urlopener in Python 3.1+

Senthil Kumaran added the comment: That is actually a private attribute of urllib (not urllib2) module present from the very first version. It is intended strictly for overriding purposes not for anything else. During the merge in py3k, it has taken its place in urllib.request. I see no harm in

[issue8619] Doc bug for urllib.request._urlopener in Python 3.1+

R. David Murray added the comment: Why do we have a public API that begins with an '_'? -- nosy: +r.david.murray ___ Python tracker ___ __

[issue8619] Doc bug for urllib.request._urlopener in Python 3.1+

Senthil Kumaran added the comment: Fixed in r80775 and r80776 -- ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe:

[issue8619] Doc bug for urllib.request._urlopener in Python 3.1+

sri added the comment: You missed the code part: urllib._urlopener = AppURLopener() -- ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list ma

[issue8619] Doc bug for urllib.request._urlopener in Python 3.1+

Senthil Kumaran added the comment: Fixed in r80773 and r80774. Thanks. -- assignee: d...@python -> orsenthil nosy: +orsenthil resolution: -> fixed stage: -> committed/rejected status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker

[issue8619] Doc bug for urllib.request._urlopener in Python 3.1+

New submission from Sriram Thaiyar : http://docs.python.org/dev/py3k/library/urllib.request.html#urllib.request._urlopener [in the body] urllib._urlopener should be urllib.request._urlopener -- assignee: d...@python components: Documentation messages: 104998 nosy: Sriram.Thaiyar, d...@p