Editing a mechanize file so that the code can run on GAE.

mechanize/_urllib2_fork.py

@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ def sha1_digest(bytes):
     def md5_digest(bytes):
         return hashlib.md5(bytes).hexdigest()
 
-
+"""
 try:
     socket._fileobject("fake socket", close=True)
 except TypeError:
@@ -74,6 +74,26 @@ def md5_digest(bytes):
 else:
     def create_readline_wrapper(fh):
         return socket._fileobject(fh, close=True)
+"""
+
+# The below code allows mechanize to work in GAE.
+try:
+    # fixed start -- fixed for gae
+    class x:
+        pass
+
+    # the x should be an object, not a string,
+    # This is the key
+    socket._fileobject(x, close=True)
+    # fixed ended
+except TypeError:
+    # python <= 2.4
+    create_readline_wrapper = socket._fileobject
+else:
+    def create_readline_wrapper(fh):
+        return socket._fileobject(fh, close=True)
+
+# The above code makes mechanize work in GAE.
 
 
 # python 2.4 splithost has a bug in empty path component case