[Python-Dev] PEP 3121, 384 Refactoring Issues (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Thu Jul 10 22:08:55 CEST 2014

I don't know the details, but I suspect that was the result of my general guideline "don't start projects cleaning up lots of stdlib code just to satisfy some new style rule or just to use a new API" -- which came from hard-won experience where such a cleanup project introduced some new bugs that weren't found by review nor by tests. Though that was admittedly a long time. Still, such a project can really sap reviewer resources for relatively little benefit.

On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 12:59 PM, Brett Cannon <brett at python.org> wrote:

[for those that don't know, 3121 is extension module inti/finalization and 384 is the stable ABI]

On Thu Jul 10 2014 at 3:47:03 PM, Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy at yahoo.co.uk> wrote: I'm just curious as to why there are 54 open issues after both of these PEPs have been accepted and 384 is listed as finished. Did we hit some unforeseen technical problem which stalled development?

No, the PEPs were fine and were accepted properly. A huge portion of the open issues are from Robin Schreiber who as part of GSoC 2012 -- https://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/project/details/google/gsoc2012/robinhood/5668600916475904 -- went through and updated the stdlib to follow the new practices introduced in the two PEPs. Not sure if there was some policy decision made that updating the code wasn't worth it or people simply didn't get around to applying the patches. -Brett

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