Michael Chermside wrote: > Seriously... I've seen this behavior also, but I haven't ever thought > about it as clearly as Fredrik does here. When we go to answer questions > we ought to pause briefly first and decide which of these categories > applies to a given piece of behavior. I think users will be understanding > if we're honest about what are the accidents -- every language or > software package has some, and just because it's an accident does NOT > mean we should "fix" it.
But we do that (atleast I do): when I believe something is wrong, I don't argue it is right; instead, I ask for a contribution of fixes. I do argue it is right when I believe it is right. Regards, Martin _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com