On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 12:35, Antoine Pitrou <solip...@pitrou.net> wrote:
> Steven Bethard <steven.bethard <at> gmail.com> writes: > > > > Please read the PEP if you haven't, particularly the "Why isn't the > > functionality just being added to optparse?" section. I don't believe > > it is sensible to re-implement all of optparse. What Ian Bicking is > > proposing, I believe, is simpler -- adding a few aliases here and > > there so that you don't have to rename so many things when you're > > upgrading from optparse to argparse. > > Although I am of the people who think working modules shouldn't be > deprecated, I > also don't think adding compatibility aliases is a good idea. They only > make the > APIs more bloated and maintenance more tedious. Let's keep the new APIs > clean of > any unnecessary baggage. > Ditto from me. If people want a compatible module it can be made available on PyPI for those who want it. -Brett
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