>> I still fail to see the rationale for removing these >> two methods. > > I believe there was a thread (in January 2008) with a decision to keep > qsize() but to drop empty() and full().
That's something different: even if there was a decision, it doesn't mean that there was a rationale, and that the rationale was correct. I see that you proposed to remove the methods because they are unreliable. I still think this classification is incorrect: they are *not* unreliable. They do what they do correctly and reliably. Looking at the discussion (on python-3000), I don't see that an actual decision was made. You proposed it, there was a *lot* of objections. Guido proposed a compromise (without indicating whether he was in favor of the removal in the first place). There was then still opposition both to leaving qsize, and to change anything at all - and then you removed the methods. At this point, I do request that the patch is reverted completely (i.e. that the documentation is restored), and that the qualification "not reliable!" is removed from the doc strings of the methods, as it is factually incorrect. 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
