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Author	gvanrossum
Recipients	gvanrossum, nnorwitz, trent
Date	2008-04-07.15:10:07
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Message-id	<1207581010.32.0.847357929738.issue2550@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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I don't like that the patch changes the API of a function in test_support() (in particular changing the return type; adding optional arguments is not a problem). This could trip up 3rd party users of this API. I recommend creating a new API bind_host_and_port() (or whatever you'd like to name it) and implement the original API in terms of the new one. (You can even add a warning if you think the original API is always unsafe.)

I don't like that the patch changes the API of a function in
test_support() (in particular changing the return type; adding optional
arguments is not a problem).  This could trip up 3rd party users of this
API.  I recommend creating a new API bind_host_and_port() (or whatever
you'd like to name it) and implement the original API in terms of the
new one.  (You can even add a warning if you think the original API is
always unsafe.)

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Date	User	Action	Args
2008-04-07 15:10:10	gvanrossum	set	spambayes_score: 0.0463745 -> 0.046374526 recipients: + gvanrossum, nnorwitz, trent
2008-04-07 15:10:10	gvanrossum	set	spambayes_score: 0.0463745 -> 0.0463745 messageid: <1207581010.32.0.847357929738.issue2550@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
2008-04-07 15:10:09	gvanrossum	link	issue2550 messages
2008-04-07 15:10:07	gvanrossum	create