Steven D'Aprano <[email protected]> added the comment:
Whether this proposed change is worth a PEP is a value judgement, but whether it will need a PEP is, I think, a fact. It is a backwards incompatible change (it will change the inheritance order of classes) potentially breaking people's code. Its not a small change, so it will (almost certainly) need a PEP. The C3 linearisation algoritm has been published in the academic literature, where it has been peer-reviewed. It has been in use in languages such as Dylan, Python and Perl 6 for at least 16 years. Your variant is experimental and untested (unless you can point to languages already using it). It won't be easy to convince the core devs to change algorithms unless you can point to an actual problem with the status quo more serious than "it surprises me". I don't think the bug tracker is the right place to debate your variant: probably not enough eyes on it, and I'm certainly not qualified to pick out problems with your design or judge if it is better. If you want to take this further, I suggest you try the Python-Ideas or Python-Dev mailing lists: * Python-Ideas is high-volume and plagued by bike-shedding, but is the official first step for proposing major changes to the language. * Python-Dev is lower volume and more likely to catch the eye of senior core developers, but they may tell you to take it to Python-Ideas first (but not always). https://www.python.org/community/lists/ If you don't like mailing lists, you could try Discuss: https://discuss.python.org Whichever forum you pick, be prepared for serious push-back. The onus will be on you to prove that the status quo is not good and your alternative solves some real problems. You might want to read these first: https://www.curiousefficiency.org/posts/2011/02/status-quo-wins-stalemate.html https://www.curiousefficiency.org/posts/2011/04/musings-on-culture-of-python-dev.html I'm telling you this not to discourage you from taking it further, but so that you understand that if you want this change you have to be prepared to work for it. Good luck! ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <[email protected]> <https://bugs.python.org/issue39145> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
