[Python-3000] xml.etree.ElementTree and PEP 8

["Martin v. Löwis"]

> I wonder why the ElementTree modules in Py3k's xml.etree still do not follow
> PEP8 naming (ok, besides the obvious explanation that no-one renamed them so
> far). Was there a decision that they should keep their name despite the
> general push towards a uniformly named standard library?

There was no such push (some people where pushing, but they were
fortunately stopped).

> Or would it be ok to rename them for the next beta?

Definitely not. The policy is to not gratuitously break things.

> Given the fact that most packages that depend on ET already use more than one
> try-except import for these modules anyway (and likely a separate module that
> cares for the right import), I don't see the situation becoming any worse by
> making them PEP8 compliant.

So what specific changes would you have in mind? How would existing code
have to be changed to accommodate these changes?

Regards,
Martin