On Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 1:21 PM, Jerry Feldman <[email protected]> wrote:
> I saw the article. He is not leaving, but stepping down as dictator. Now it > is time for the community to decide. > ​Apparently the vituperative bike-shedding over what syntax if any to use to fix the longstanding frustration that Python can't have a while(constant=0) assignment bug but likewise can't express code that requires while(return_code=subr(arg)) without code duplication expedited Guido's burnout/retirement from being BDFL. He settled that bug/request, but the lack of and need for a community process decision process was made manifest, so he's telling them to step up. Discussions on how to decide how to decide are now ensuing. Reads sort of like diaries from Continental Congress and Constitutional Convention. -- Bill Ricker [email protected] https://www.linkedin.com/in/n1vux _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
