first implementation of a python demo

[git.ikiwiki.info.git] / plugins / externaldemo

diff --git a/plugins/externaldemo b/plugins/externaldemo
index 1321a4bc52e22c48f317182cc2449a97e522c31d..fa93e672d86f24c1e253d20717e4c09b19109be1 100755 (executable)
--- a/plugins/externaldemo
+++ b/plugins/externaldemo
@@ -23,9 +23,10 @@ sub rpc_read {
        while (<>) {
                $accum.=$_;
 
        while (<>) {
                $accum.=$_;
 

-               # Kinda hackish approch to parse a single XML RPC out of the
-               # accumulated input. Relies on calls always ending with a
-               # newline, which ikiwiki's protocol requires be true.
+               # Kinda hackish approach to parse a single XML RPC out of the
+               # accumulated input. Perl's RPC::XML library doesn't
+               # provide a better way to do it. Relies on calls always ending
+               # with a newline, which ikiwiki's protocol requires be true.

                if ($accum =~ /^\s*(<\?xml\s.*?<\/(?:methodCall|methodResponse)>)\n(.*)/s) {
                        $accum=$2; # the rest
        
                if ($accum =~ /^\s*(<\?xml\s.*?<\/(?:methodCall|methodResponse)>)\n(.*)/s) {
                        $accum=$2; # the rest