[Python-Dev] PEP 3148 ready for pronouncement (original) (raw)

Greg Ewing greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz
Mon May 24 01:51:26 CEST 2010


Brian Quinlan wrote:

The good news in this case is that the same API has been used successfully in Java and C++ for years so it is unlikely that any major changes will need to be made.

That doesn't follow. An API that's appropriate for Java or C++ is not necessarily appropriate for Python. Slavishly copying an API from another language is often not the best approach when designing an API for a Python module.

-- Greg



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