[Python-Dev] Code comprehensibility patch (original) (raw)

Tim Peters tim.one@comcast.net
Thu, 28 Mar 2002 22:17:07 -0500

A long time ago I wrote to Guido suggesting that I might like to submit some patches to improve the comprehensibility of the Python source. ... I hope it looks like an improvement to people, but please let me know if it does not.

I assume there was something wrong with the patch as posted, as it looked like the new code used 1-space indents. It also looked like it was made against an out-of-date version of typeobject.c (please use current CVS as a base -- the newer type/class code is unusually volatile).

Apart from those, go for it! It reminds me of something my first boss in the computer biz said. He looked at one of my checkins and remarked "Tim, you seemed to add comments to parts of the code you didn't understand!". The difference is that he was complaining .

/* Give up */

Indeed.