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Steve Holden
steve at holdenweb.com
Thu Sep 14 22:25:50 EDT 2006
Graham Dumpleton wrote: > Steve Holden wrote .. > >>Graham Dumpleton wrote: >> >>>In respect of AddHandler, SetHandler, MultiViews etc, you need to realise >>>that mod_python is an extension for Apache. Thus, such things like this >>>aren't actually implemented by mod_python but are implemented >>>by Apache. To use mod_python properly, you also need to understand >>>Apache to some degree and that means also referring to the Apache >>>documentation. >>> >> >>Which, IMHO, is even more obscurantist than the mod_python >>documentation. It seems to assume you've already read much of the source >>code and are familiar with C ... in which case why would you be using >>mod_python in the first place :-) ? > > > As Jim effectively commented, mod_python is more than just a jumping off > point for a content handler. It is quite sad (and frustrating) at times to see > that more often than not people ignore all the richness that Apache offers. > They just want to use Python for absolutely everything when there are other > modules or features provided by Apache that could be used in conjunction > with mod_python and their own Python code to get the job done quicker and > more efficiently. More than anything else, this is why mod_python development > has languished, because the majority of people cant seem to see the bigger > picture. It is only with mod_python 3.3 that one will be able to finally do > with mod_python what mod_perl people have had for years and even then > we still don't go anywhere near as far as they do in being able to harness > the full power of Apache. > That's great. However, those of us who aren't particularly clued in to Apache find it difficult to locate appropriate documentation: and I *have* tried - there just doesn't seem to be that much introductory documentation. Or I am crap at searching, perhaps. > Anyway, that is my grumpy rant for this week. > We're all entitled to the occasional one. > In respect of AddHandler/SetHandler/MultiViews, I now have a article of > my own up on my still not officially launched personal wiki pages about it. > > http://www.dscpl.com.au/wiki/ModPython/Articles/SetHandlerVersusAddHandler > > This has been referenced on the developers list, but not here as yet. > It looks like there's a lot more information there than simply discussing the difference between AddHandler and Sethandler. I'll give it a serious read - thanks! regards Steve -- Steve Holden +44 150 684 7255 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC/Ltd http://www.holdenweb.com Skype: holdenweb http://holdenweb.blogspot.com Recent Ramblings http://del.icio.us/steve.holden
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