Gregor Horvath schrieb: > René Fleschenberg schrieb: > >> today, to the best of my knowledge. And "in some form or another" >> basically means that the PEP would create more possibilities for things >> to go wrong. That things can already go wrong today does not mean that >> it does not matter if we create more occasions were things can go wrong >> even worse. > > Following this logic we should not add any new features at all, because > all of them can go wrong and can be used the wrong way.
No, that does not follow from my logic. What I say is: When thinking about wether to add a new feature, the potential benefits should be weighed against the potential problems. I see some potential problems with this PEP and very little potential benefits. > I love Python because it does not dictate how to do things. > I do not need a ASCII-Dictator, I can judge myself when to use this > feature and when to avoid it, like any other feature. *That* logic can be used to justify the introduction of *any* feature. -- René -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
