[Python-Dev] xturtle.py a replacement for turtle.py(!?) (original) (raw)

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Wed Jun 28 20:59:24 CEST 2006

Collin Winter wrote:

While I have no opinion on Gregor's app, and while I fully agree that new language features and stdlib modules should generally stay out of bug-fix point releases, xturtle doesn't seem to rise to that level (and hence, those restrictions).

It's a stdlib module, even if no other stdlib modules depend on it; try "import turtle".

In the specific case, the problem with adding it to 2.5 is that xturtle is a huge rewrite, so ideally, the code should be reviewed before being added. Given that this is a lot of code, nobody will have the time to perform a serious review. It will be hard enough to find somebody to review it for 2.6 - often, changes of this size take several years to review (primarily because it is so specialized that only few people even consider reviewing it).

Regards, Martin

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