On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 12:28 PM, Daniel Stutzbach <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 11:03 AM, Jesse Noller <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/concurrent/Future.html > > According to that link, Java has a module named "Concurrent" with an > interface named "Future". You're proposing a module named "Futures" with a > class named "Future". > > Why not name your module "concurrent"? That would eliminate the confusion > with "from __future__". I don't see a problem with keeping the class name. > > Plus, a "concurrent" module might be useful for things other than Futures, > in the future. ;-) >
Brian's module is named futures; I am +1'ing his proposal, and also suggesting we put it under concurrent/ package name. This means you would do the following: from concurrent import futures and in the future: from concurrent import pool And so on. _______________________________________________ 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
