Sigh. This is getting exasperating. There's other code that might want to change this besides 3rd party library code. E.g. app configuration code.
On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 1:56 PM, Ralf Schmitt <r...@systemexit.de> wrote: > Guido van Rossum <gu...@python.org> writes: > > > Yeah, so the answer to all this is that 3rd party libraries know better > > than to mess with global settings. > > Right. But why make it configurable at runtime then? If you're changing > the value, then you're the one probably breaking third party code. > _______________________________________________ > 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/guido%40python.org > -- --Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido)
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