[Python-checkins] r43424 - peps/trunk/pep-0299.txt

Wed Mar 29 21:29:44 CEST 2006

Author: georg.brandl
Date: Wed Mar 29 21:29:43 2006
New Revision: 43424
Modified:
 peps/trunk/pep-0299.txt
Log:
Ooooh, I was too slow ;)
Adding my carefully crafted notes on rejection anyway.
Modified: peps/trunk/pep-0299.txt
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--- peps/trunk/pep-0299.txt	(original)
+++ peps/trunk/pep-0299.txt	Wed Mar 29 21:29:43 2006
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 Type: Standards Track
 Created: 12-Aug-2002
 Python-version: 2.3
-Post-History:
+Post-History: 29-Mar-2006
 
 
 Abstract
@@ -92,6 +92,20 @@
 transition to the new standard idiom.
 
 
+Rejection
+
+ In a short discussion on python-dev [1], two major backwards
+ compatibility problems were brought up and Guido pronounced that he
+ doesn't like the idea anyway as it's "not worth the change (in docs,
+ user habits, etc.) and there's nothing particularly broken."
+
+
+References
+
+ [1] Georg Brandl, "What about PEP 299",
+ http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2006-March/062951.html
+
+
 Copyright
 
 This document has been placed in the public domain.
