On Thu, 6 Aug 2020 at 00:14, Guido van Rossum <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 5, 2020 at 7:06 PM Steven D'Aprano <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> *blinks* >> >> When did this happen? >> >> I'm on Python-Ideas, Python-Dev, and I get announcements of new issues >> on the bug tracker, and I don't recall ever seeing this feature >> discussed. >> > > Oddly I barely recall it either, even though according to PEP 487 it was > posted five times to python-dev, and I approved it. It's a long time ago > though (two retirements, for me :-). > I think that __set_name__ was greatly expected as one way to mitigate `DRY` with descriptors it was completely uncontroversial - unlike __init_subclass__ on the same PEP. I for one had used it a lot of times, and I am a big fan of __set_name__ -- > --Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido) > *Pronouns: he/him **(why is my pronoun here?)* > <http://feministing.com/2015/02/03/how-using-they-as-a-singular-pronoun-can-change-the-world/> > ____________ >
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