On 9/9/05, djw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think, for me, this most important reason is that the stdlib version > of a module doesn't always completely fill the requirements of the > project being worked on. That's certainly why I wrote my own, much > simpler, logging module. In this case, its obvious that the original > author of the stdlib logging module had different ideas about how > straightforward and simple a logging module should be. To me, this just > demonstrates how difficult it is to write good library code - it has to > try and be everything to everybody without becoming overly general, > abstract, or bloated.
That's very true. But... ...there are languages (ahem... did I hear somebody say Java? :) that make it so hard to write code, that one usually prefers using whatever is already available even if this means adopting a "style" that doesn't quite match his expectations. To me, it is not clear which is best: a very comfortable programmer with a longer todo list, or an unfomfortable programmer with a short todo list. So far, I've always struggled to be in the first category, but I'm amazed when I look back and see how many wheels I reinvented. But maybe it's just lack of wisdom. :) stefano -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
