[Python-3000] PEP: Cleaning out sys and the "interpreter" module

[Guido van Rossum]

-0.5 from me. For half of the names that the PEP proposes to move most
users wouldn't be able to guess in which module to find them.

On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 2:41 PM, Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote:
> Benjamin Peterson wrote:
>  > After a long conversation on the stdlib-sig list, I'd like to bring this
>  > before you. For those of you not on the peps mailing list, Guido has
>  > expressed lukewarmness (well -0.5) to the idea. However, I'd still like
>  > your comments on my first PEP.
>
>  +1 from me.
>
>
>  > The gc module:
>  >     - getrefcount
>  >     - _compact_freelists
>
>  These are very specific to CPython's style of garbage collection - they
>  don't make sense in the context of something like the native GC in
>  Jython or Ironpython.
>
>  So -1 on moving these to gc - put them in the new interpreter-specific
>  module along with everything else.
>
>
>  > Move to some to imp?
>  > --------------------
>  >
>  > It was noted that dont_write_bytecode or maybe builtin_module_names
>  > might fit
>  > nicely in the imp module.
>
>  I wouldn't bother moving these two - there is lots of import related
>  stuff in sys already (path, path_hooks, metapath, etc) and it isn't
>  worth the hassle of trying to move all of it.
>
>
>  > Naming
>  > ------
>  >
>  > The author proposes the name "interpreter" for the new module.  "pyvm"
>  > has also
>  > been suggested [#pyvm-name]_.  The name "cpython" was well liked
>  > [#cpython-name]_.
>
>  'interpreter' seems unnecessarily long. '_pyvm' would get my vote,
>  although I'd also be fine with pyvm or cpython (it will be necessary to
>  get Guido up to at least +0 just so he can choose the name!).
>
>  Cheers,
>  Nick.
>
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