On 2010-03-01 10:08 , Patrick Maupin wrote:
On Feb 28, 9:18 pm, Steven D'Aprano
Come back when you actually have MANY users other than yourself using
this is real-world projects. Until then, it is too early to even consider
adding it the std library. Python comes with batteries included, but not
experimental batteries that aren't even built yet, let alone proven that
they work.
I know that it is too early to be included in the library. But there
is a chicken-and-egg problem. PEP 1 says you should circulate a
design for discussion before writing code...
Ignore it. That comment really doesn't apply to this case. That's for things
that only make sense in the language or standard library, like context managers.
For libraries like this, Steven's summary is correct. It needs to have a useful
life as a third party package for a few years before you should propose it for
inclusion into the standard library. By all means, distribute a design document
for comment before you implement things; it's a reasonable practice. But don't
bother with a PEP yet.
--
Robert Kern
"I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma
that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had
an underlying truth."
-- Umberto Eco
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