I put the PEP back on our agenda to discuss this. On Wed, Nov 17, 2021 at 2:40 PM Guido van Rossum <gu...@python.org> wrote:
> Hi Barry, > > That's fantastic news! > > Somewhat embarrassingly, on typing-sig we're still discussing one or two > final tweaks. In particular, the PEP as accepted forbids a certain > construct (passing a tuple of indefinite length to a function using `*args: > *Ts`) that after all we may actually want to allow. This would affect > static type checkers only, there's no change in the grammar or runtime > associated with lifting this restriction. See > https://github.com/python/peps/pull/2125 > > I presume the SC is okay with that? > > --Guido > > On Wed, Nov 17, 2021 at 2:15 PM Barry Warsaw <ba...@python.org> wrote: > >> Hello Mark, Matthew, Pradeep, Vincent, and Guido, >> >> The Python Steering Council discussed the latest version of PEP 646 >> (Variadic Generics) at our last meeting, and have unanimously decided to >> accept the PEP. Congratulations! >> >> We want to specifically mention that we appreciate the way you called out >> the Python grammar changes required by the typing features you proposed. >> As we’ve said before, the Steering Council strongly believes that the >> typing language and the “general” Python programming language should remain >> aligned, so the implications of syntax change proposed in the PEP for >> typing needed to be addressed for non-typed Python as well. The PEP >> explains this change well, and does a good job of justifying the semantics >> and usefulness of the change for non-type related purposes. >> >> Please feel free to change the PEP status to Accepted, and to merge your >> changes to Python 3.11 at your convenience. >> >> With our appreciation, >> -Barry (on behalf of the Python Steering Council) >> >> > > -- > --Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido) > *Pronouns: he/him **(why is my pronoun here?)* > <http://feministing.com/2015/02/03/how-using-they-as-a-singular-pronoun-can-change-the-world/> > _______________________________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list -- python-dev@python.org > To unsubscribe send an email to python-dev-le...@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-dev.python.org/ > Message archived at > https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-dev@python.org/message/YBSS4FJ474TJ23XOUSFI5E6N7GAXB3T5/ > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ >
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