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#756982: Remove rfc822 reference.

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Georg Brandl 2008-05-11 20:51:18 +00:00
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commit aa5b411b41
2 changed files with 3 additions and 7 deletions
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Doc/library/mailbox.rst
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@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ Maildir, mbox, MH, Babyl, and MMDF.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
.. class:: Maildir(dirname[, factory=rfc822.Message[, create=True]])
.. class:: Maildir(dirname[, factory=None[, create=True]])
A subclass of :class:`Mailbox` for mailboxes in Maildir format. Parameter
*factory* is a callable object that accepts a file-like message representation
@ -286,10 +286,7 @@ Maildir, mbox, MH, Babyl, and MMDF.
representation. If *create* is ``True``, the mailbox is created if it does not
exist.
It is for historical reasons that *factory* defaults to :class:`rfc822.Message`
and that *dirname* is named as such rather than *path*. For a :class:`Maildir`
instance that behaves like instances of other :class:`Mailbox` subclasses, set
*factory* to ``None``.
It is for historical reasons that *dirname* is named as such rather than *path*.
Maildir is a directory-based mailbox format invented for the qmail mail
transfer agent and now widely supported by other programs. Messages in a

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Lib/mailbox.py
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@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import copy
import email
import email.message
import email.generator
import rfc822
import io
try:
if sys.platform == 'os2emx':
@ -222,7 +221,7 @@ class Maildir(Mailbox):
colon = ':'
def __init__(self, dirname, factory=rfc822.Message, create=True):
def __init__(self, dirname, factory=None, create=True):
"""Initialize a Maildir instance."""
Mailbox.__init__(self, dirname, factory, create)
if not os.path.exists(self._path):