ClientComparisons

This document intends to show how using Python can result in simpler, shorter, and more easily implemented code.

Idle Time Implementations

I've looked at "Gaim":http://gaim.sf.net 0.66 and "Gabber":http://gabber.jabberstudio.net 1.9.0's implementations of idle time for the purposes of comparison. The code listed here is responsible for listening to 'IQs?' with the type 'jabber:iq:last' and responding with the current idle time. We assume that dispatching is already handled. It should build XML that looks something like:

<iq to='homestar@homestarrunner.com' 
    type='result' 
    id='idle2' 
    from='marzipan@homestarrunner.com'>
  <query xmlns = 'jabber:iq:last' seconds='17'></query>
</iq>

Gaim

From the 'src/protocols/jabber/jabber.c' file:

static void jabber_handlelast(gjconn gjc, xmlnode iqnode) {
    xmlnode x, querytag