Barry A. Warsaw <ba...@python.org> added the comment: Petr Viktorin <encu...@gmail.com> added the comment: > > Exactly, a platform-dependent default is a bad idea. A default allows using > the function without the code author & reviewer even being *aware* that there > is a choice, and that is dangerous.
I’m not convinced. I’m more concerned with the obscurity of the API. If I saw its use in some code I was reviewing, I’d look it up, and then I’d know exactly what it was doing. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue45155> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
