[Python-Dev] PEP 290 revisited (original) (raw)

Michael Hudson mwh@python.net
13 Jan 2003 18:08:16 +0000

"Kevin Altis" <altis@semi-retired.com> writes:

> I know, that's much less fun and no quick satisfaction, but it leads > to code improvement rather than bitrot.

Yes, but it also means the folks doing the real work in a module are going to have to deal with this kind of stuff that probably seems trivial to them and not worth doing when they could be writing real code. It just means there is more on their plate and that Python itself, may not meet its own guidelines; these kinds of changes tend to not get done because there is never enough time.

I think this is a bogus argument, sorry. If you're doing something non trivial to a module, the time required to use string methods rather than the string module is in the noise.

CHeers, M.

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