[Python-Dev] Proposal to revert r54204 (splitext change) (original) (raw)

Phillip J. Eby pje at telecommunity.com
Mon Mar 19 19:09:48 CET 2007

At 06:28 PM 3/19/2007 +0100, Martin v. Löwis wrote:

Phillip J. Eby schrieb: > Actually, he asked first if we want him to make one, and my answer to > that is above: I don't think it's necessary. Like Martin, I believe we are > within sight of a consensus. And I think that's better for Python and > Python-Dev than dragging Guido into it.

I apparently missed your specific alternative proposal (I assume it is not "revert" anymore?)

In general, I support the keyword argument approach, as in the patch you referred to.

Specifically, however, I would prefer to see it without the warning and future change, as I don't think it provides any real benefit. Either way, some people will have to use a keyword to get what they want, so making a change seems unnecessary.

However, if we have to change something in a future version, I would suggest we make that option a required argument, on EIBTI grounds. That way, in 2.6 you can simply make it explicit to be 3.x-compatible. And, I think the warning (if any) should be treated as any other 3.x warning.

But as I said, I gather that this aspect of the question is the main open issue remaining to be resolved, since you've also expressed support for the keyword approach, as have many others.

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