[Python-Dev] Deprecating the formatter module (original) (raw)

Nick Coghlan ncoghlan at gmail.com
Tue Aug 13 16:35:52 CEST 2013

On 13 Aug 2013 09:39, "Brett Cannon" <brett at python.org> wrote:

On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 6:34 AM, Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka at gmail.com> wrote: 12.08.13 22:22, Brett Cannon написав(ла): I have created http://bugs.python.org/issue18716 to deprecate the formatter module for removal in Python 3.6 unless someone convinces me otherwise that deprecation and removal is the wrong move.

The formatter module doesn't look such buggy as the audioop module. If the formatter module was not removed in Python 3.0 I don't see why it can't wait to 4.0. It doesn't help that at PyCon CA we couldn't find a single person who had heard of the module (which included people like Alex Gaynor and Larry Hastings). I'm definitely deprecating it, but we can discuss postponing deletion.

Unless something is a serious bug magnet or is causing us maintenance hassles, we shouldn't remove it. Neither applies here, so an indefinite PendingDeprecation makes the most sense to me.

Cheers, Nick.

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