On Thu, 10 Dec 2020 at 17:48, Gregory Szorc <gregory.sz...@gmail.com> wrote:
> So one can make the argument that this one-off behavior of PathFinder > undermines the ability to easily distribute Python applications and that in > turn undermines the value of Python in the larger ecosystem. My opinion is > the harm inflicted by dropping support for "__init__" in module names will be > more than compensated by long-term benefits of enabling turnkey Python > application distribution. But that's my personal take and I have no solid > evidence to justify that claim. The evidence that PathFinder is inconsistent > with other meta path finders in the standard library is irrefutable, however. +1. Improving the options for distributing Python applications (and in particular, having ways of distributing applications where the fact that they are written in Python is an "implementation detail", and end users have no need to know about it) is something that is sorely needed. Sure, we should follow our deprecation processes, but we don't need to be paralyzed by them. Paul _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list -- python-ideas@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to python-ideas-le...@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-ideas.python.org/ Message archived at https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-ideas@python.org/message/XHXZEMTKWQU5ZACO5UQUSUNL24WEKENC/ Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
