[Python-Dev] Yes and no (was Re: PEP 285: Adding a bool type) (original) (raw)

Aahz aahz@pythoncraft.com
Wed, 3 Apr 2002 17:31:43 -0500 (EST)

In article <3CAA5777.66E7C2D5@python.org>, Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> wrote:

I'm reading (at least skimming) everything, but the more I read the reactions, the more I believe that this is just the response I have to expect for every change to the language I propose, and the more I'm tempted to follow my gut instincts. Long ago (right after lambda :-) I learned to say "no" to proposals that didn't feel right to me, even if I couldn't express very clearly why. I think it's time I learn to say "yes" even if the community doesn't see the light yet.

I note that you've certainly done that in the past. ;-) One critical difference between "yes" and "no" in this context is that a "no" can be retracted, but "yes" rarely can. So I think that a bias toward "no" is overall good.

But yes, we have to trust your instincts in the end; that's why we're all using Python in the first place.

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