Concerning the compatibility with py3k. Yes, of course, I know that py2k is not compatible, but see http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.python.devel/145473 ... I guess the main idea (http_request method overriding) is the same and it could be ported to py3k more or less trivially. My main intent was just to collect any feedback I can get (and learn a bit about the process of getting the patch to the Python).

Thanks a lot for helping. Now, I guess we need to create unit tests, right?