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-rw-r--r--Lib/urllib/request.py5
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/urllib/request.py b/Lib/urllib/request.py
index 7edfa1b..e13381c 100644
--- a/Lib/urllib/request.py
+++ b/Lib/urllib/request.py
@@ -258,8 +258,9 @@ class OpenerDirector:
def __init__(self):
client_version = "Python-urllib/%s" % __version__
self.addheaders = [('User-agent', client_version)]
- # manage the individual handlers
+ # self.handlers is retained only for backward compatibility
self.handlers = []
+ # manage the individual handlers
self.handle_open = {}
self.handle_error = {}
self.process_response = {}
@@ -309,8 +310,6 @@ class OpenerDirector:
added = True
if added:
- # the handlers must work in an specific order, the order
- # is specified in a Handler attribute
bisect.insort(self.handlers, handler)
handler.add_parent(self)