On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 4:20 PM, Alexander Belopolsky <alexander.belopol...@gmail.com> wrote: > There must be a good reason why traditional software development tools > such as debugger, profiler and coverage are mostly neglected in > python.
Most such tools are probably better developed outside the standard library. There are many reasons for that, but I would guess that it mostly has to do with very different development cycles for tools. Tool development usually goes in quick bursts (driven by urgent needs and perhaps improving tool developer skills) unrelated to the stdlib release cycle (and releasing the stdlib separately won't make much of a difference). Also tools often have rough edges, and the stdlib (except for the stuff added before 1995 or so :-) has a high perfectionism standard. -- --Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido) _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
