[Python-Dev] Please Vote -- Generator Comprehensions

Thu, 7 Mar 2002 12:22:18 -0500

>>>>> "JH" == Jeremy Hylton <jeremy@zope.com> writes:

 JH> I'm puzzled by this vote. I did not know that people took
 JH> random votes of Python developers in advance of a PEP. To
 JH> paraphrase the IETF: I don't believe in votes, just rough
 JH> consensus and running code.
It's like "Who's Line Is It Anyway?"; the points don't matter. :)
 JH> If we are going to vote, please keep in mind the intended
 JH> meaning of votes:
 | +1, I endorse
 | 0, I don't endorse
 | -1, I veto; this proposal will get in over my dead body
Actually, it's +1, +0, -0, -1, with the sign of the 0 "vote" giving
the direction of your lean on the non-endorsement.
BTW, does anybody have a reference to where this voting system
originated or where it's been spelled out elegantly? I want to write
a short informatinal PEP on it for posterity. I vaguely remember it
started in the Apache world and Greg Stein transported it here.
-Barry