On Tuesday 11 July 2006 06:16, Raymond Hettinger wrote: > FWIW, I think this patch should go in. The benefits are > obvious and real.
Yep. I'm going to check it in, unless someone else beats me to it in the next couple of hours before the b2 freeze. > But, the imagined costs of a new feature > during beta are illusory. This, I cannot agree with. The costs and risks of just continuing to add new features all through the release process are high. The chances of us releasing a broken Python increases dramatically. Then we have to do emergency bugfix releases. And I'm sorry, but the release process is not something that's zero work. Sure, it's zero work _for_ _you_ <wink>, but not for Martin, Fred and myself. > In this case, practicality beats pedantry. I don't think trying to produce the most stable and bugfree Python possible could in _anyway_ be considered "pedantry", and it makes me quite grumpy to have it described in that way. > For the users, it > is a net win if this goes in. In the case of this feature, that's true. Anthony -- Anthony Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> It's never too late to have a happy childhood. _______________________________________________ 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
