[Python-3000] pep 3124 plans (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Sat Jul 21 17:21:54 CEST 2007

On 7/20/07, Talin <talin at acm.org> wrote:

On the issue of method combination, aspects, and interfaces: Guido has not made a pronouncement on whether these things may or may not be accepted at some time in the future. What he has said is that he doesn't yet understand the use case for them, and that these should be separate PEPs so that we can argue their merits independently. What he's strongly against (if my understanding is correct) is a "package deal" where he is forced to accept all of the features, or none.

I'm mellowing out on this a bit -- I'm no longer requesting a separate PEP with all the advanced features (I understand Phillip's argument that that second PEP will just be an easy rejection target). I do want to understand the motivation and implementation for each of the advanced features, so we can have a reasonable discussion about whether a particular feature is really worth adding or can easily be added later by/for the few users who really need it.

It seems to me that PEPs should only be required to explain their mechanisms if there's some doubt or controversy about the implementation.

But referring to my sandbox/overloading implementation is not acceptable; I want whatever that does (not much) spelled out in the PEP for posterity.

-- --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)

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