[Python-Dev] Draft proposal: Implicit self in Python 3.0 (original) (raw)
"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Sun Jan 8 18:31:35 CET 2006
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Thomas Wouters wrote:
My point isn't that it isn't archived somewhere (mailinglists, wiki, FAQ, the minds of many, many people, not just Python developers) but that it isn't easily findable and it isn't easily accessible in a single location.
Why would a single Wiki page not be accessible in a single location? Why is the FAQ not accessible in a single location?
I thought PEP's where supposed to be that, and if I have a particular idea for new syntax or new semantics, PEPs would be the place I'd look, not the FAQ or a Wiki.
Right. However, I doubt you would look in the "rejected ideas" PEP.
I guess a Wiki'd work, but then I wonder, why aren't all PEPs in a Wiki instead?
There might be several reasons - one is that a PEP is supposed to get posted to mailing lists and newsgroups, something that is not readily possible with Wiki pages.
And I would like to point out how hard it is to google or grep for ideas like this. For instance, the 'x, y, *rest = someseq' syntax.
I agree that collecting them in a single place is a good idea. Whether this is a PEP, a Wiki page, or the FAQ is nearly irrelevant, except:
- it is strange to call it a "Python Enhancement Proposal"
- in either the FAQ or the PEP, it will stay in its initial form forever, since nobody but the original author will edit it (that could be true of a Wiki page as well, but on a Wiki page, people know they are meant to edit it if they want to say something)
Regards, Martin
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