Dear Andre, Thank you.
The issue is reopened. If others would like to test your recommended fix still applies cleanly, I will be happy to review it. Warmly, Carol > On Jun 18, 2018, at 9:18 AM, Andre Roberge <andre.robe...@gmail.com > <mailto:andre.robe...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Dear Carol, > > I apologize for letting my frustration show in this way, in a public forum. > > André > > On Mon, Jun 18, 2018 at 1:01 PM Carol Willing <willi...@willingconsulting.com > <mailto:willi...@willingconsulting.com>> wrote: > Hi Andre, > > I'm sorry that you did not like my response when I was triaging all of the > open Turtle issues. > > I am happy to change the status back to open. All that you needed to do was > ask politely and give me a chance, as a volunteer, to have the time to do so. > > Regards, > > Carol > >> On Jun 17, 2018, at 1:41 PM, Andre Roberge <andre.robe...@gmail.com >> <mailto:andre.robe...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> So, a little over 3 years after I submitted a bug report (see previous >> conversation below) **with a fix** so that no one would have to explain why >> "right()" could result in a turtle turning left, and vice-versa, my >> submission was refused and the bug report was closed with the following >> explanation: >> >> " >> I'm closing this issue since introducing this suggested change would impact >> teaching materials and resources that have already been published. This >> would be a change that would break compatibility. >> " >> I'm curious: does anyone on the edu-sig list has written teaching material >> for the turtle module that sets world coordinates such that left and right >> are reversed? If so, how do you explain it to students? >> >> Rant: This is the third time that I submit either a bug report for cPython >> **with** a proposed fix, or simply a fix for an existing bug report and that >> it is either rejected or dismissed with no alternative solution proposed. >> Thankfully, the folks here on edu-sig have been much more supportive since I >> joined, almost 15 years ago. /rant >> >> André >> >> On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 12:48 PM Andre Roberge <andre.robe...@gmail.com >> <mailto:andre.robe...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> >> On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 8:52 AM, Jurgis Pralgauskis >> <jurgis.pralgaus...@gmail.com <mailto:jurgis.pralgaus...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> usually in computer graphics Y is counted to increase downwards. >> I casn do it with: setworldcoordinates(0, 400, 600, 0) >> >> but then, "right(..)" turns to the left :/ >> >> >> I could swap: >> right, left = left, right >> >> but on errror I get a bit misleading message >> >> >>> right() >> Traceback (most recent call last): >> File "<pyshell#10>", line 1, in <module> >> right() >> TypeError: left() takes exactly 1 argument (0 given) >> >> I thought to make this hack for kids, so better clearer error msgs... >> >> Any Ideas? >> >> http://bugs.python.org/issue23660 <http://bugs.python.org/issue23660> >> (includes a proposed "permanent" fix). >> >> André >> >> >> Thanks :) >> -- >> Jurgis Pralgauskis >> tel: 8-616 77613; >> Don't worry, be happy and make things better ;) >> http://galvosukykla.lt <http://galvosukykla.lt/> >> _______________________________________________ >> Edu-sig mailing list >> Edu-sig@python.org <mailto:Edu-sig@python.org> >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig >> <https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Edu-sig mailing list >> Edu-sig@python.org <mailto:Edu-sig@python.org> >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig >> <https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig> >
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