[Python-Dev] Re: Stability and change (original) (raw)

Fredrik Lundh fredrik@pythonware.com
Tue, 9 Apr 2002 18:15:21 +0200

guido wrote:

> > Tell that to the people who write L.append(1, 2, 3) despite that = it > > was never documented. :-( >=20 > I do -- if and when I see that (haven't seen it in ages). Technical > managers at development shops know about stuff "accidentally > working" and are more tolerant of bug-fixes against that than of > other backwards-compatibility breaks, in my experience. =20 Hm. This was widely complained about, probably because many examples (including in books) got it wrong.

fwiw, these days, I get

TypeError: append() takes exactly 1 argument (2 given)

far too often to think that I picked this up by reading the wrong books. it's an easy mistake, and it used to do the "right thing"...