In a message of Thu, 29 Oct 2015 18:27:59 +0000, Paul Moore writes: >The idle issues seem to me to demonstrate that shadowing the stdlib is >a bad idea. Of course, consenting adults, and if you override you're >responsible for correctly replacing the functionality, and all that, >but honestly, I don't think it needs to be *easy* to shadow the stdlib >- there's nothing wrong with it being an "advanced" technique that >people have to understand in order to use.
I am actually sick of the 'consenting adults' argument. I am dealing with '11 year old children trying to write their first, third and tenth python programs'. For the life of me I cannot see how convenience for the sort of person who has a legitimate reason to shadow the syslib should get a higher priority over these mites who are doing their damndest to write python despite natural language barriers and the fact that their peers and parents think they are nuts to want to do so. (a grumpy comment from a teacher at a Swedish 'coding for kids' club. Disregard if too grumpy.) Laura _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
