Re: Fix bugs without breaking down existing code

2010-04-25 Thread exarkun
On 10:02 am, elvismoodbi...@gmail.com wrote: Say, a Standard Library function works in a way it was not supposed to. Developers (who use Python) handle this issue themselves. And then, you (a python-core developer) fix the behavior of the function. Although you have 1Cfixed 1D the bug, anyone

Fix bugs without breaking down existing code

2010-04-25 Thread Elvis
Say, a Standard Library function works in a way it was not supposed to. Developers (who use Python) handle this issue themselves. And then, you (a python-core developer) fix the behavior of the function. Although you have “fixed” the bug, anyone who upgrades, will be in trouble. Their code may no