On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 11:33 PM, Joe Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "Brett Cannon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 2:46 AM, Raymond Hettinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > * UserList/UserString [done: 3.0] > > > > > > > > > > Note that these were updated and moved to the collections module in > Py3.0. > > > > > > > > > > Noted. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > anydbm dbm.tools [1]_ > > > > whichdb dbm.tools [1]_ > > > > > > > > > > Were there any better naming suggestions than dbm.tools? The original > > > names seem much more informative. > > > > > > > > > > But way too much overhead for two modules that only contained one > > useful function each. As Nick said, if you don't know DB stuff then I > > don't see any loss of information. > > > > If you can come up with a better name I am open to suggestions, but > > the module merge will happen. > > > > Is there a problem having the functions be just dbm.open() and > dmb.whichdb()? As a user the latter one seems espeically logical, as it is a > tool to help me select which "submodule" I want to use.
There is a general dislike in putting code in a package's __init__ module. Personally I am fine with doing that, but I tried not to do that with the reorg. If people speak up in support of this then it can happen. -Brett _______________________________________________ Python-3000 mailing list Python-3000@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-3000 Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-3000/archive%40mail-archive.com
