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diff --git a/Doc/library/xmlrpclib.rst b/Doc/library/xmlrpclib.rst index dd06c0a..3f0bf3b 100644 --- a/Doc/library/xmlrpclib.rst +++ b/Doc/library/xmlrpclib.rst @@ -32,10 +32,7 @@ between conformable Python objects and XML on the wire. all clients and servers; see http://ontosys.com/xml-rpc/extensions.php for a description. The *use_datetime* flag can be used to cause date/time values to be presented as :class:`datetime.datetime` objects; this is false by default. - :class:`datetime.datetime`, :class:`datetime.date` and :class:`datetime.time` - objects may be passed to calls. :class:`datetime.date` objects are converted - with a time of "00:00:00". :class:`datetime.time` objects are converted using - today's date. + :class:`datetime.datetime` objects may be passed to calls. Both the HTTP and HTTPS transports support the URL syntax extension for HTTP Basic Authentication: ``http://user:pass@host:port/path``. The ``user:pass`` @@ -79,9 +76,7 @@ between conformable Python objects and XML on the wire. +---------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+ | :const:`dates` | in seconds since the epoch (pass in an | | | instance of the :class:`DateTime` class) or | - | | a :class:`datetime.datetime`, | - | | :class:`datetime.date` or | - | | :class:`datetime.time` instance | + | | a :class:`datetime.datetime` instance. | +---------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+ | :const:`binary data` | pass in an instance of the :class:`Binary` | | | wrapper class | @@ -211,10 +206,10 @@ The client code for the preceding server:: DateTime Objects ---------------- -This class may be initialized with seconds since the epoch, a time tuple, an ISO -8601 time/date string, or a :class:`datetime.datetime`, :class:`datetime.date` -or :class:`datetime.time` instance. It has the following methods, supported -mainly for internal use by the marshalling/unmarshalling code: +This class may be initialized with seconds since the epoch, a time +tuple, an ISO 8601 time/date string, or a :class:`datetime.datetime` +instance. It has the following methods, supported mainly for internal +use by the marshalling/unmarshalling code: .. method:: DateTime.decode(string) @@ -495,10 +490,7 @@ Convenience Functions ``None`` if no method name is present in the packet. If the XML-RPC packet represents a fault condition, this function will raise a :exc:`Fault` exception. The *use_datetime* flag can be used to cause date/time values to be presented as - :class:`datetime.datetime` objects; this is false by default. Note that even if - you call an XML-RPC method with :class:`datetime.date` or :class:`datetime.time` - objects, they are converted to :class:`DateTime` objects internally, so only - :class:`datetime.datetime` objects will be returned. + :class:`datetime.datetime` objects; this is false by default. .. _xmlrpc-client-example: |