[Zope] weird urllib.addinfourl problem found via RDFSummary

[Dieter Maurer]

Marc Lindahl wrote at 2004-7-21 14:22 -0400:
>I ran into a weird problem with urllib recently (python 2.1.3 that 
>comes with zope 2.6.2)... I would get an error that an __init__ needed 
>to be called with an instance as the first argument (unbound method)... 
>from within urllib, when RDFSummary tried to open a URL.  Well, 
>monkeypatching urllib fixes it.  But I'm wondering, is this a known 
>issue or is there something mutated about my setup?

The problem is in principle known and documented in the
"ExtensionClass" documentation -- together with a work around.

I am not sure whether the specific problem is know.
Maybe, you contact the "RDFSummary" author?

-- 
Dieter