Use patch.patch() when checking for patch availability.
The test is closer to what we want to know. It also makes sense when you deal with patched versions of patch() as most people do under win32.
# httprangereader.py - just what it says
#
# Copyright 2005, 2006 Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
#
# This software may be used and distributed according to the terms
# of the GNU General Public License, incorporated herein by reference.
import byterange, urllib2
class httprangereader(object):
def __init__(self, url):
self.url = url
self.pos = 0
def seek(self, pos):
self.pos = pos
def read(self, bytes=None):
opener = urllib2.build_opener(byterange.HTTPRangeHandler())
urllib2.install_opener(opener)
req = urllib2.Request(self.url)
end = ''
if bytes:
end = self.pos + bytes - 1
req.add_header('Range', 'bytes=%d-%s' % (self.pos, end))
f = urllib2.urlopen(req)
data = f.read()
if bytes:
data = data[:bytes]
return data