On Wed, Apr 1, 2020 at 4:19 AM Gerrit Holl <[email protected]> wrote: > Abstract > ======== > > Python has long used metasyntactic variables that are based on the > consumption of meat and dairy products, such as "spam", "ham", and > "eggs". > This language is not considerate to pigs or chicken and violates the > spirit of the Code of Conduct. This PEP proposes to retire the use > of those names in official Python documentation and source code and to > recommend users of Python to do the same. >
While I wholeheartedly agree with your intention here, I believe the backward incompatibilities would make this untenable. We will need a migration plan. Unfortunately, African swallows are non-migratory, severely impacting your proposal. ChrisA _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-ideas.python.org/ Message archived at https://mail.python.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/FRNE2HZWLBSONIHYHK2Z3OVXCRT4MMY7/ Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
