[Matěj Cepl <mc...@cepl.eu>] > It absolutely impossible to remove Tkinter IMHO (it has been > part of stdlib since like forever and people expect it there; > its removal would be betrayal on the level of switching = to > :=), I have my doubts about IDLE though. I know, the same > argument applies, but really, does anybody use IDLE for > development for long time, what is its real value for the > community? Although, even this argument is questionable, because > Python has some affinity with the learning, and IDLE is a nice > for first steps nibbling into Python.
IDLE isn't just for eager beginners, but also for those so old & senile they're incapable of learning anything new ever again. As proof, IDLE is still _my_ primary Python development environment, used multiple times every day, and I'm so old & out-of-it that I'm +1 on the binding expressions PEP ;-) _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
