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

Guido van Rossum guido@python.org
Mon, 15 Apr 2002 16:46:55 -0400

[Somebody]

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

[Guido]

> 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?

[The PEP author]

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.

Well, it seems we finally all agree on what needs to be done. I'm guessing it's up to Fred to implement it. :-)

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