Christoph Zwerschke wrote: > Bengt Richter schrieb: > > Ok, so if not in the standard library, what is the problem? Can't find what > > you want with google and PyPI etc.? Or haven't really settled on what your > > _requirements_ are? That seems to be the primary problem people who complain > > with "why no sprollificator mode?" questions. > > What I don't understand is why legitimate questions such as "why are > there no ordered dictionaries" are immediately interpreted as > *complaints* and not just as questions. If I ask such a question, I am > not complaining but trying to simply figure out *why* there is no such > thing. Probably there are reasons and all I want to know is find these > reasons and learn a little bit more about Python in doing so. > > Why can't such questions be discussed in a factual, calm and friendly way? >
Using "why can't" is already too much. Even you turn it into "is there a thing for ordered dict", you would get similar treatment Get used to it :-) > > They don't know what they really mean when it comes down to a DYFR > > (Define Your Felicitous Requirements) challenge. > > I don't think that this was true in this case, and even if this is the > outcome, those who asked the question will have learned something. > > I think a discussion group is not there for only presenting mature, > sophisticated thoughts and concepts, but also for "thinking loud" > together with other about these issues. We all know that clarifying our > thoughts works often best if you discuss them with others. And I think > that's one purpose of discussion lists. Asking questions should not be > immediately be discouraged, even silly questions. If it is really a FAQ, > you can simply point to the FAQ or add the answer in the FAQ list if it > is missing there. Well, different groups has different "personality", just don't be scared. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
