On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 8:35 AM, Jesse Noller <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 11:21 AM, Daniel Stutzbach > <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 12:03 AM, Brian Quinlan <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> import futures > > > > +1 on the idea, -1 on the name. It's too similar to "from __future__ import > > ...". > > Futures is a common term for this, and implemented named this in other > languages. I don't think we should be adopting things that are common, > and found elsewhere and then renaming them.
Another common term for this is a "promise". -- Curt Hagenlocher [email protected] _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
