[MODPYTHON-229] Revise what is returned by util.Field.__str__.

• Type: Task
• Status: Open
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 3.3.1
• Component/s: core
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Graham Phillip Dumpleton
• Created: 29/Jun/07 04:36
• Updated: 29/Jun/07 04:36

Description

As pointed out in:

http://www.modpython.org/pipermail/mod_python/2007-May/023683.html
http://www.modpython.org/pipermail/mod_python/2007-May/023684.html
http://www.modpython.org/pipermail/mod_python/2007-May/023685.html

the _str_() method of util.Field() in mod_python 3.3.1 does not return a value which could be eval'd in order to get back some meaningful object. In mod_python 3.2.10 it work.

The change which stops it working was that to make util.Field() accept more than two arguments.

This code should perhaps be revised at some point as to whether it could be changed to something more useful.

That file callbacks are now supported may make it problematic.