On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 11:31, Tres Seaver <tsea...@palladion.com> wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 07/29/2011 07:22 AM, Joao S. O. Bueno wrote: > > > I disaagree. Having proper html parsing out of the box is part of > > the "batteries included" thing. And it is not a matter of "having > > html 5" - as stated on this thread, fixing it for html5 will fix it > > for html that exists in the "real world". > > > > Python _has_ to work with quick 30-50 lines scripts deliverable > > everywhere, not just has proper 3rd party libraries that can work as > > part of a huge project using buildout. > > Assuming it were merged today, that parser would only be available on > Python 3.3 and later: how is that "everywhere"? Well, "everywhere, eventually". This gets down to the usual philosophical debate of what should (not) be in the stdlib so that those who have strict third-party code get access to useful libraries while balancing the desire of those who want to keep the stdlib lean or prevent stagnating the API of a module. > Having scripts that > work against html5lib (which *doesn't* need buildout to install, or even > setuptools) makes them portable to any version of Python supported by > the library (Python 2.3+, AFAICT). > If the library was brought in they could probably continue to be portable with possibly just the addition of a try/finally on the import line. -Brett > > > Tres. > - -- > =================================================================== > Tres Seaver +1 540-429-0999 tsea...@palladion.com > Palladion Software "Excellence by Design" http://palladion.com > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAk4y/JYACgkQ+gerLs4ltQ4KKwCgkyOlmb8xxhxg1qWH9RRbEpEw > ne0AoL6NgRElbY61QRqnXJjiKoHq0ToW > =fk3k > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > 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/brett%40python.org >
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