[Python-Dev] str with base (original) (raw)

Jeremy Hylton jeremy at alum.mit.edu
Thu Jan 19 21:13:33 CET 2006


On 1/19/06, Aahz <aahz at pythoncraft.com> wrote:

On Thu, Jan 19, 2006, Jeremy Hylton wrote: > > I'm not sure I believe this should be a builtin. I think the > threshold for new builtins ought to be nearly as high as the threshold > for new keywords. Or the proposer ought to make an argument about > what the function should not go in a module.

The way I'd put it, any function that wants to go in builtins should require a formal PEP.

I'm suggesting a criterion for evaluating the choice of builtin vs. module, not making a suggestion about the process.

Jeremy



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