[Zope] XML-RPC from Python

magnus/Websys@websys.no magnus/Websys@websys.no
Sat, 21 Jul 2001 18:33:21 +0200


> Perhaps this list is the wrong forum for this question, or perhaps it is way
> premature, but figured I would ask...  I was wondering, since XML-RPC is
> being integrated into the Python 2.2a core library, whether or not it would
> be a good idea to advoate the idea of extending the XML-RPC library to
> support basic auth for use with Zope as part of the core xmlrpclib library
> within Python 2.2?  It sure would be nice to have XML-RPC access to
> auth-protected methods in Zope out of the box.

I'm kind of in favour, but just wanted to voice the opinion that the stock 
xmlrpc library is unusable for any kind of production system because it's so 
slow.  We couldn't even demo our system without being embarassed before we 
switched to py-xmlrpc.

-Magnus