[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
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[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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