- Issue #2703: SimpleXMLRPCDispatcher.__init__: Provide default values for

  new arguments introduced in 2.5.

Lib/SimpleXMLRPCServer.py

@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ class SimpleXMLRPCDispatcher:
     reason to instantiate this class directly.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, allow_none, encoding):
+    def __init__(self, allow_none=False, encoding=None):
         self.funcs = {}
         self.instance = None
         self.allow_none = allow_none

Misc/NEWS

@@ -689,6 +689,9 @@ Library
 - Issue #999042: The Python compiler now handles explict global statements
   correctly (should be assigned using STORE_GLOBAL opcode).
 
+- Issue #2703: SimpleXMLRPCDispatcher.__init__: Provide default values for
+  new arguments introduced in 2.5.
+
 Tools/Demos
 -----------