[Calendarserver-maintainers] Bug#616592: store X-* properties using Pythonic names

[martin f krafft]

Package: python-vobject
Version: 0.8.1c-3
Severity: wishlist

python-vobject makes vCard/iCalendar properties available as object
attributes. It knows that while e.g. X-SIP might hold a contact's
SIP address and X-SIP is valid IANA syntax, the Python attributes
must be named x_sip, because the dash is not a valid character for
a Python identifier. It does this by mapping '_' to '-' in
__getattr__/__setattr__, so the attribute name inside the instance
(__dict__) actually contains a '-'.

There are tools in the Python universe that (rightfully) access e.g.
__dict__ directly (e.g. ipython's tab completion, among others).
Those tools see the '-', which is not proper Python syntax.

I would think it were better if vobjects stored
properties/attributes using Pythonic names and converted them from
and to IANA rules on input and output respectively.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.37-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_NZ, LC_CTYPE=en_NZ.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages ipython depends on:
ii  python                  2.6.6-3+squeeze5 interactive high-level object-orie
ii  python-pexpect          2.3-1            Python module for automating inter
ii  python2.6               2.6.6-8+b1       An interactive high-level object-o

Versions of packages ipython recommends:
pn  global                     <none>        (no description available)
pn  python-foolscap            <none>        (no description available)
pn  python-openssl             <none>        (no description available)
pn  python-twisted-core        <none>        (no description available)
ii  python-wxgtk2.8            2.8.10.1-3+b1 wxWidgets Cross-platform C++ GUI t
pn  python-zope.interface      <none>        (no description available)

Versions of packages ipython suggests:
ii  libjs-jquery          1.5.1-1            JavaScript library for dynamic web
ii  python-gobject        2.21.4+is.2.21.3-1 Python bindings for the GObject li
ii  python-gtk2           2.17.0-4           Python bindings for the GTK+ widge
pn  python-matplotlib     <none>             (no description available)
ii  python-numpy          1:1.4.1-5          Numerical Python adds a fast array
pn  python-profiler       <none>             (no description available)
pn  python-qt3 | python-q <none>             (no description available)

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