[mod_python] Include file without writing output

The only "simple" solution is the following output filter:

def outputfilter(filter):
    str = filter.read()
    filter.write(str.lstrip())
    filter.close()

Can't that be done easier, i.e. without Apache configuration?

Andreas Sommer wrote:
> I want to include a common "header" file in each of my PSP files 
> (which should produce XML), for example
>
> <%@ include file="common.inc" %><%
> req.content_type = "text/xml"
> # output some XML code here
> %>
>
>
> The "common.inc" file begins with <% and ends with %>, but because 
> editors automatically add a newline, it ends with a newline character.
> My problem is that the XML output follows after the newline character, 
> but *must* be at the very beginning of the output - just try opening 
> such a XML file in Firefox and it will give you an error "XML or text 
> declaration not at start of entity". Removing the newline character 
> causes mod_python to throw an error.
>
>
> I tried to work around that problem by including the common file like 
> this:
>
> PSP(req, "common.inc").run()
>
> ...but that gives me the following error:
>
> MOD_PYTHON ERROR
>
> ProcessId:      2787
> Interpreter:    '127.0.1.1'
>
> ServerName:     '127.0.1.1'
> DocumentRoot:   '/var/www/'
>
> URI:            '/login.psp'
> Location:       None
> Directory:      '/var/www/'
> Filename:       '/var/www/login.psp'
> PathInfo:       ''
>
> Phase:          'PythonHandler'
> Handler:        'mod_python.psp'
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>
>  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/mod_python/importer.py", line 
> 1537, in HandlerDispatch
>    default=default_handler, arg=req, silent=hlist.silent)
>  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/mod_python/importer.py", line 
> 1229, in _process_target
>    result = _execute_target(config, req, object, arg)
>  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/mod_python/importer.py", line 
> 1128, in _execute_target
>    result = object(arg)
>  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/mod_python/psp.py", line 337, 
> in handler
>    p.run()
>  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/mod_python/psp.py", line 243, 
> in run
>    exec code in global_scope
>  File "/var/www/login.psp", line 2, in <module>
>    PSP(req, filename = "common.inc")
>  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/mod_python/psp.py", line 119, 
> in __init__
>    self.load_from_file()
>  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/mod_python/psp.py", line 185, 
> in load_from_file
>    code = self.cfile_get(filename, mtime)
>  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/mod_python/psp.py", line 169, 
> in cfile_get
>    return str2code(open(cname).read())
>  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/mod_python/psp.py", line 57, 
> in str2code
>    return new.code(*marshal.loads(s))
> MemoryError
>
>
> Using the absolute path /var/www/common.inc doesn't work either. Any 
> suggestions how to work around this problem??
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