Antoine Pitrou <pit...@free.fr> added the comment: > An alternative might be a flag on rename: overwrite=['always', 'os_default']
How about overwrite=[None, True] with None meaning "OS default"? > with a warning and a switch of the default in a subsequent release. I think we should be conservative with warnings and compatibility-breaking changes. In this case there's no pressing need to change behaviour: the default isn't less secure or less efficient. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue8828> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
