[Python-Dev] IDLE in the stdlib (original) (raw)

Antoine Pitrou solipsis at pitrou.net
Fri Mar 22 10:48:46 CET 2013

Le Thu, 21 Mar 2013 21:38:41 +0100, Georg Brandl <g.brandl at gmx.net> a écrit :

Am 21.03.2013 19:13, schrieb Antoine Pitrou: > On Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:57:54 -0700 > Raymond Hettinger <raymond.hettinger at gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On Mar 20, 2013, at 12:38 PM, Barry Warsaw <barry at python.org> >> wrote: >> >> > Right. Ultimately, I think IDLE should be a separate project >> > entirely, but I guess there's push back against that too. >> >> The most important feature of IDLE is that it ships with the >> standard library. Everyone who clicks on the Windows MSI on the >> python.org webpage automatically has IDLE. That is why I >> frequently teach Python with IDLE. >> >> If this thread results in IDLE being ripped out of the standard >> distribution, then I would likely never use it again. > > Which says a lot about its usefulness, if the only reason you use > it is that it's bundled with the standard distribution.

Just like a lot of the stdlib, it gets a lot of usefulness from being a battery. But just because there are better/more comprehensive/prettier replacements out there is not reason enough to remove standard libraries.

That's a good point. I guess it's difficult for me to think of IDLE as an actual library.

Regards

Antoine.

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