Guido van Rossum wrote:
On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 3:39 PM, Benjamin Peterson
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Grepping through Python's sources tells me that we have over 2,000
XXX comments. The thing that irks me about them is that the have a
very slow rate of being resolved, since they usually act
On 02:47 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I disagree. They should be removed when the issue they refer to is
removed. No sooner, no later. Simply removing every XXX comment older
than a year would not be helpful. The code base is so large that over
2000 XXX doesn't faze me particular. There are over
On 3 Nov, 11:44 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 3:39 PM, Benjamin Peterson
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Grepping through Python's sources tells me that we have over 2,000
XXX comments.
So, I propose that we adopt a policy similar to Twisted's: All XXX
comments must have an
Grepping through Python's sources tells me that we have over 2,000
XXX comments. The thing that irks me about them is that the have a
very slow rate of being resolved, since they usually act more as
notes to self rather than easily attainable tasks.
So, I propose that we adopt a policy similar to
On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 3:39 PM, Benjamin Peterson
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Grepping through Python's sources tells me that we have over 2,000
XXX comments. The thing that irks me about them is that the have a
very slow rate of being resolved, since they usually act more as
notes to self rather
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On Nov 3, 2008, at 6:39 PM, Benjamin Peterson wrote:
Grepping through Python's sources tells me that we have over 2,000
XXX comments. The thing that irks me about them is that the have a
very slow rate of being resolved, since they usually act more
On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 3:49 PM, Barry Warsaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Nov 3, 2008, at 6:39 PM, Benjamin Peterson wrote:
Grepping through Python's sources tells me that we have over 2,000
XXX comments. The thing that irks me about them is that the have a
very slow rate of being resolved,
On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 6:04 PM, Guido van Rossum [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 3:49 PM, Barry Warsaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Nov 3, 2008, at 6:39 PM, Benjamin Peterson wrote:
Grepping through Python's sources tells me that we have over 2,000
XXX comments. The thing that
On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 7:35 PM, Benjamin Peterson
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On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 6:04 PM, Guido van Rossum [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 3:49 PM, Barry Warsaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Nov 3, 2008, at 6:39 PM, Benjamin Peterson wrote:
Grepping through
From: Guido van Rossum [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The right thing to do with XXX comments is to read them when you're in
their vicinity, and to act when the urge becomes too strong to deal
with any one in particular. Dealing with them en masse is just asking
for a migraine.
I concur.
Raymond
I see that Guido is not keen on the idea, and I'm not sure my
observations help sway things one way or the other. OTOH, it would be
nice if at least we always add our own identifier (initials, nick, email
address) and a date to the XXX so we at least know who was talking about
what.
I find
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