[Python-Dev] xturtle.py (original) (raw)

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Wed Jun 28 23:39:49 CEST 2006

python at rcn.com wrote:

As a compromise. we could tack Gregor Lingl's module under the Tools directory. This makes the tool more readily available for student use and allows it a more liberal zone to evolve than if it were in the standard library.

That could also work. See my other compromise proposal: advertising it in the docs.

One other thought -- at PyCon, I talked with a group of educators. While they needed some minor tweaks to the Turtle module, there were no requests for an extensive rewrite or a fatter API. The name of the game was to have a single module with a minimal toolset supporting a few simple programs, just rich enough to inspire, but small enough to fit into tiny slots in the curriculum (one sixth grade class gets is allocated three 55 minute sessions to learn programming).

Thanks for the report. xturtle does provide a fatter API; it goes up from 50 turtle functions in turtle.py to 93 in xturtle.py (counting with len([s for s in dir(turtle) if 'a' < s <'z']) - I think turtle should grow an all attribute).

Regards, Martin

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