[Python-Dev] Re: Deprecating divmod() // % for complex (original) (raw)

Martin v. Loewis martin@v.loewis.de
15 Apr 2002 22:36:02 +0200

Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> writes:

> If that were the only issue, what's the point of maintaining a list in > the PEP at all?

Beats me. Maybe because the PEP author thought deprecating whole modules was a heavier kind of operation? Maybe because he didn't realize other things could be deprecated as well? Maybe because he planned a separate PEP for those?

He thought that it was indeed desirable to have a consolidated list of all deprecated stuff, together with a rationale, so that people could easily oppose the rationale. That idea never caught on.

It's not really necessary to maintain that consolidated list in the PEP; any other place would be fine as well - but it needs to be a single list, and it needs to be maintained.

Regards, Martin