[Python-Dev] Re: Other situations like this

[Guido van Rossum]

> [Guido]
> > We also believe that the magical import mechanism is useful
> > enough to be reused for other situations like this; Tim will
> > draft a PEP to describe in excruciating detail.
> 
> [Jeremy Hylton]
> > ...
> > I'm happy to hear that Tim will draft this PEP.  He didn't mention it
> > at lunch today or I would have given him a big hug (or bought him a
> > Coke).
> 
> Guido's msg was the first I heard of it too.  I think this is the same
> process by which I got assigned to change Windows imports:  the issue came
> up, and I opened my mouth <-0.9 wink>.

Oops.  I swear I heard you offer to write it.  I guess all you said
was that it should be written.  Oh well.  Somebody will write it. :-)

Looks like Tim's proposed __future__.py is in good shape already.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)