[gopher] Re: Pygopherd nearing gopherd replacement

[Ralph Furmaniak <sugaku@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Pygopherd also does not add
> an extra (or "second" if you're using URLs) type character like UMN
> gopherd does.  Because it figures all this out itself, that is
> unnecessary.

This does have its uses.  For example an executable must be able to return
either a plain file or a menu (gophermap format).  If you include the
character you can also do things such as using type 1 for a file and have it
read as a gophermap menu.

This character is also used to signify mail spool files.

Including the type character can make the code somewhat (albeit not much)
simpler and does not cause any problems that I am aware of.