[Python-Dev] proposed which.py replacement (original) (raw)
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I think it's worthwhile.
On 4/2/07, Trent Mick <trentm at activestate.com> wrote:
Guido van Rossum wrote: > If you ask me, having it hosted by Trent is probably more helpful for > its popularity than putting it in the Python source distro; the Tools > directory is mostly a poorly-maintained collection of trivia I wrote > many years ago that is now quietly gathering dust. > > (Not all of it, of course; there's some useful stuff there that I > didn't write, which ended up there because it is either used by > the distro (e.g. the compiler package support) or because the author > needed a channel that guaranteed open source status (e.g. world and > pynche). But Trent's which.py doesn't seem to fall in either > category.)
Agreed. However, I think my which.py might be a good candidate for the stdlib (for Py2.6) as per python.org/sf/1509798 and could put together a patch (along with test suite integrate and docs) if others think it worthwhile. Trent -- Trent Mick trentm at activestate.com
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