[Python-Dev] Banishing apply(), buffer(), coerce(), and intern() (original) (raw)

Gerrit Holl gerrit at nl.linux.org
Sat Nov 29 10:37:12 EST 2003


[Gerrit]

> I would like to nominate input() also. It is often misused by beginners.

[Guido van Rossum]

So I say let's be kind on input().

Fine with me :)

But... at [0], raw_input() and input() are mentioned as minor regrets, as functions which should actually not have been builtins. Have you now changed your mind, or did I misinterpret [0], or is it something else?

[0] http://www.python.org/doc/essays/ppt/regrets/PythonRegrets.pdf

yours, Gerrit.

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