[Python-Dev] Please Vote -- Generator Comprehensions (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum guido@python.org
Thu, 07 Mar 2002 12:46:10 -0500

JH> If we are going to vote, please keep in mind the intended JH> meaning of votes:

| +1, I endorse | 0, I don't endorse | -1, I veto; this proposal will get in over my dead body

Hm, I didn't realize -1 meant veto (except when coming from me :-). I do tend to take -1 votes seriously, if the -1 voter has an explanation to offer. In general, without motivation a vote doesn't count for me, which is why the current vote is meaningless. "95 percent of doctors prescribe Zaltrec!" Who cares?

Actually, it's +1, +0, -0, -1, with the sign of the 0 "vote" giving the direction of your lean on the non-endorsement.

BTW, does anybody have a reference to where this voting system originated or where it's been spelled out elegantly? I want to write a short informatinal PEP on it for posterity. I vaguely remember it started in the Apache world and Greg Stein transported it here.

That's all I know. Greg might know more but you probably have to write him a personal note. Anyway, even without a reference, it's a good idea to write it up. Maybe you'll be the first!

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