[Python-Dev] Cookies.py in the core (was Tangent to Re: [Tutor] CGI and Python (fwd))

[Guido van Rossum]

> Guido van Rossum writes:
>  > > Do we have a procedure for putting more batteries in the core? I'm
>  > > not talking about stuff like PEP-206, I'm talking about small, useful
>  > > modules like Cookies.py.
>  > 
>  > Cookie support in the core would be a good thing.
> 
>   There's also some cookie support in Grail (limited); that uses a
> Netscape-style client-side database.
>   Note that the Netscape format is insufficient for the most recent
> cookie specifications (don't know the RFC #), but I understood from
> AMK that browser writers are expecting to actually implement that
> (unlike RFC 2109).  If we stick to an in-process database, that
> wouldn't matter, but I'm not sure if that solves the problem for
> everyone.
>   Regardless of the format, there's a little bit of work to do here.

I think Cookie.py is for server-side management of cookies, not for
client-side.  Do we need client-side cookies too????

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.pythonlabs.com/~guido/)