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Title: urllib.request documentation confusing
Type: enhancement Stage: resolved
Components: Documentation Versions: Python 3.4, Python 3.5
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Status: closed Resolution: out of date
Dependencies: Superseder:
Assigned To: orsenthil Nosy List: docs@python, ezio.melotti, iritkatriel, orsenthil, pitrou
Priority: normal Keywords:

Created on 2010-10-08 11:06 by pitrou, last changed 2022-04-11 14:57 by admin. This issue is now closed.

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msg118179 - (view) Author: Antoine Pitrou (pitrou) * (Python committer) Date: 2010-10-08 11:06
The urllib.request documentation intermingles old 2.x urllib (FancyURLopener, etc.) with urllib2-inherited (*Handler, build_opener, etc.) primitives without making any distinction. This makes it rather confusing for the reader to figure out which ones to use.

Ideally, the use of the old primitives should also be discouraged.
msg223236 - (view) Author: Mark Lawrence (BreamoreBoy) * Date: 2014-07-16 17:37
@Senthil do you still intend to run with this or could somebody else pick it up?
msg407507 - (view) Author: Irit Katriel (iritkatriel) * (Python committer) Date: 2021-12-01 23:54
FancyURLopener, URLopener etc are deprecated since 3.3.

Should we close this issue or repurpose it for removal?
msg407508 - (view) Author: Irit Katriel (iritkatriel) * (Python committer) Date: 2021-12-01 23:55
Ah we already have issue40673 for removal.
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-11 14:57:07adminsetgithub: 54257
2021-12-09 11:17:27iritkatrielsetstatus: pending -> closed
stage: needs patch -> resolved
2021-12-01 23:56:25iritkatrielsetstatus: open -> pending
resolution: out of date
2021-12-01 23:55:59iritkatrielsetstatus: pending -> open

messages: + msg407508
2021-12-01 23:54:31iritkatrielsetstatus: open -> pending
nosy: + iritkatriel
messages: + msg407507

2019-04-26 19:47:14BreamoreBoysetnosy: - BreamoreBoy
2014-07-16 17:37:50BreamoreBoysetnosy: + BreamoreBoy

messages: + msg223236
versions: + Python 3.5, - Python 3.2, Python 3.3
2013-01-22 12:57:14ezio.melottisetnosy: + ezio.melotti
2012-11-09 15:07:07ezio.melottisettype: enhancement
versions: + Python 3.3, Python 3.4, - Python 3.1
2010-10-18 09:52:46orsenthilsetassignee: docs@python -> orsenthil
2010-10-08 11:06:29pitroucreate