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

[Robert Brewer]

Guido van Rossum 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.
> 
> -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.

Knowing which attributes are specific to a certain implementation is
handy. I'd be equally happy if the Library Reference just included that
in a standard way, in the same vein as the "Availability: Unix"
declarations.


Robert Brewer
fumanchu at aminus.org