Allow uris as input

rubys · rubys · commit 06742895188f · 2007-01-10T10:11:57.000Z
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extra : convert_revision : svn%3Aacbfec75-9323-0410-a652-858a13e371e0/trunk%40444
diff --git a/src/inputstream.py b/src/inputstream.py
@@ -79,6 +79,13 @@ def openStream(self, source):
                 return open(source)
             except: pass
 
+            # Try opening from the internet
+            try:
+                if source.startswith('http://'):
+                    import urllib
+                    source = urllib.urlopen(source).read()
+            except: pass
+
             # Otherwise treat source as a string and convert to a file object
             import cStringIO
             stream = cStringIO.StringIO(str(source))
