[Twisted-Python] Lies, Damn Lies, and Stable Interfaces

[Glyph Lefkowitz]

On Monday, June 16, 2003, at 06:06 AM, Moshe Zadka wrote:

> I'm guessing that is only true if the login succeeds?
> In particular, if the callback is true, am I guaranteed the login
> was approved? And if it isn't, will an errback be fired?

If the callback returns, the login was approved.  errbacks are fired, 
hopefully with defined values from twisted.cred.error, if the login has 
failed.

> [context: I am trying to write a simple HTTP authenticator. I don't
> give a damn who the user is, but I want to make sure he's in my
> password file]

Thank you.  We need HTTP auth.  Please try to use 
twisted.web.woven.guard.UsernamePasswordWrapper as an example...