Raymond Hettinger <raymond.hettinger@verizon.net>: > Bram Moolenaar > > > Please at least do not produce the NetrcParseError when the > > > "login" field is omitted. This can be done by changing the > > > "else:" above "malformed %s entry" to "elif not password:". > > > That is the minimal change to make this module work on my > > > system. > > Bram is requesting netrc.py be modified to exclude entries > without a login field. An example use case is for mail servers: > > machine mail password fruit > > If the change is made, the line won't be handled at all. It > would be silently skipped. Currently is raises a NetrcParseError. > > Do you guys think this is appropriate? On the one hand, > it's a bummer that netrc.py cannot currently be used with > files containing these lines. On the other hand, silently > skipping over them doesn't seem quite right either. As the original designer, I say -1. It's not clear to me or when how entries of this kind have value. But I'm willing to be convinced otherwise by a good argument. -- <a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/">Eric S. Raymond</a>
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