>> On Feb 2, 2019, at 7:17 PM, Steven D'Aprano <st...@pearwood.info> wrote: >> >> On Sat, Feb 02, 2019 at 11:12:02AM -0500, James Lu wrote: >> >> This list IS hard for newcomers. I wish there was one place where I >> could read up on how to not feel like a noob. > > It has become unfashionable to link to this, because it is allegedly too > elitest and unfriendly and not welcoming enough, but I still think it is > extremely valuable: > > http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html > > (Its also somewhat unpopular because the maintainer has become > something of a politically Right-wing extremist.) > > If you think of *proposals* as a kind of question: > > "What are the Pros and Cons of this suggestion?" > > rather than > > "We must do this. I have spoken, make it so!" > > then the Smart Questions document is relevant. Do your research first. > What have you tried? Have you tried to knock holes in your own proposal > or are you so excited by the Pros that you are blind to the Cons? What > do other languages do? Do they differ from Python in ways which matter > to your proposal? > > Did you make even a feeble attempt to search the archives, > Stackoverflow, etc, or just post the first ill-formed thought that came > to your mind? > > If your proposal been asked before, unless you are bringing something > new to the discussion, don't waste everyone's time covering old ground.
That’s some great stuff, can we document it somewhere? I think it would benefit future proposers. I’ve been subconsciously aware of what you said but haven’t been able to express it. _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list Python-ideas@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/