René Fleschenberg schrieb: > 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.
*Your* logic can be used to justify dropping *any* feature. Stefan -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
