On Tue, Jul 7, 2015 at 11:24 AM, Mark Lawrence <breamore...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> From https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas > > <quote> > This list is to contain discussion of speculative language ideas for > Python for possible inclusion into the language. If an idea gains traction > it can then be discussed and honed to the point of becoming a solid > proposal to put to python-dev as appropriate. > </quote> > > Relative to the above I believe that far too many proposals are for > trivial ideas, mainly targetted at the stdlib, that would be better suited > to the main python list. > > As for gaining traction, it's often the complete opposite, flogging a dead > horse is an understatement for some threads. Gently putting the OP down > with a firm but polite "it ain't gonna happen" would save a lot of time all > around. > > Just my £0.02p worth. > Agreed. It's also probably easier to just ignore an obviously bad or poorly thought-out idea than to try to engage the OP in lengthy explanations of why that is so. After all there's a huge amount of subjectivity -- we won't change our minds, but it takes forever to explain to someone who's new to Python core development. -- --Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido)
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