On 28/09/12 22:15, Mark Lawrence wrote:
The Python round function is itself problematic. The idea of deprecating it is currently being discussed on Python ideas. This quote from Calvin Spealman is typical "Also, I'd be completely in support of dropping round() and agree it gets misused and leads to too much confusion. We should promote the right ways, and sometimes to show the right path you need to lock another door and throw away the key.".
Isn't that the same Calvin Spealman who wrote the blog post spreading FUD that Python was at risk of dying because, well, frankly because he was utterly ignorant of just how much Python code is written in the places where he thought no Python was written? I'm not impressed. He sprouts off about how you can't use Python on mobile devices, when you can. What makes you think his opinions on breaking working code just because he thinks he knows the "right ways" are any less ignorant? Deprecating and dropping features causes pain to developers who are already using them correctly. There is strong opposition on deprecating round. -- Steven _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
