On Sun, Jan 08, 2006 at 01:35:16PM +0100, "Martin v. Löwis" wrote: > Thomas Wouters wrote: > > Yet if it isn't recorded, people will keep bringing it up. How about a > > 'rejected ideas' PEP for ideas that are right out no matter how people > > argue? > Recorded it is, in the mailing list archive.
> However, a central place might be better, preferably with referrals to > pronouncements or other discussion. A Wiki comes to mind... My point isn't that it isn't archived somewhere (mailinglists, wiki, FAQ, the minds of many, many people, not just Python developers) but that it isn't easily findable and it isn't easily accessible in a single location. I thought PEP's where supposed to be that, and if I have a particular idea for new syntax or new semantics, PEPs would be the place I'd look, not the FAQ or a Wiki. I guess a Wiki'd work, but then I wonder, why aren't all PEPs in a Wiki instead? At least until they are actually accepted, after which they get finalized and formalized and implemented and what not. (I'm not a fan of Wiki's, but that may be because I've seen too many chaotic, unstructured, messy, unmaintained ones.) And I would like to point out how hard it is to google or grep for ideas like this. For instance, the 'x, y, *rest = someseq' syntax. I wouldn't know what to call it (or what others would call it, and you can't google for the syntax (since the variables can be named anything). Grepping through downloaded mailinglist archives might find you some discussion, but probably without any indication whether anything is final or current. Grepping through the PEPs might find you something, if it's PEP'ed, but it's a lot easier to browse the list of (non-accepted/implemented) PEPs. You may not know the name of the construct you're looking for, but someone else's name for it would likely ring a bell. And a PEP titled 'Rejected Ideas' would certainly be the first place to look ;) -- Thomas Wouters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi! I'm a .signature virus! copy me into your .signature file to help me spread! _______________________________________________ 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
