Re: [Paste] webob.Request decode_param_names not working?

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Author: Ian Bicking
Date:  
To: Ryan Barrett
CC: paste-users
Subject: Re: [Paste] webob.Request decode_param_names not working?
Thanks, both patches applied to trunk.

Ryan Barrett wrote:
> i've attached another small patch that fixes a small bug in
> UnicodeMultiDict. it assumed that cgi.FieldStorage always filled in its
> filename attribute, but for application/x-www-form-urlencoded parts, the
> filename attribute is actually None. more at the bottom of
> http://python.org/doc/lib/node560.html.
>
> On Sat, 9 Feb 2008, Ryan Barrett wrote:
>
>> hi all! i'm trying to understand webob.Request's decode_param_names
>> keyword arg, but i'm not having much luck. i've attached a patch
>> against trunk that i think fixes one bug, but even with the fix, i'm
>> not sure i understand the intent behind the code.
>>
>> decode_param_names is passed through to decode_keys in
>> UnicodeMultiDict. if it's True, keys returned by methods like keys(),
>> items(), etc. are decoded. however, keys passed in to methods like
>> __getitem__ and __setitem__ are expected to be encoded.
>>
>> that means that expressions like umd[umd.keys()[0]] fail with a
>> KeyError, which seems counter-intuitive. was that really the intent?
>>
>> -Ryan


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