Guido van Rossum <gu...@python.org> writes: > > 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. > > 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.
So, third party library code should know better, while at the same time it's fine to mess with global settings from app configuration code. That does not make sense. _______________________________________________ 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/archive%40mail-archive.com
