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Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2013 15:16:08 -0500
From: Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com>
To: Ned Deily <nad@acm.org>
Subject: Re: python-noob - which container is appropriate for later exporting into mySql + matplotlib ?
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On 2013-04-14 09:40, Ned Deily wrote:
> DNS client lookups use published, well-understood 
> Internet-standard protocols, not at all like talking to a
> third-party database, be it open-source or not.

That said, even though DNS is a publicly documented standard, I've
reached for DNS code in the Python stdlib on multiple occasions
(usually to try and snag the MX record for a customer, so smtplib can
send stuff to it), and get disappointed each time.  I'd really love
if there was a simple DNS-lookup module available in the stdlib,
especially if it allowed overriding the server to ask.  I mean...POP,
IMAP and SMTP are all publicly documented standards that Python makes
easily accessible.  DNS would be a good addition.

-tkc