[Python-Dev] Shortcut bugfix

[Guido van Rossum]

[RH]
> > > Does anyone think changin string.atoi is the wrong way to go?

[MAL]
> > Yes, because it changes the semantics. string.atoi() would suddenly
> > start to accept non-strings like integers, floats, etc.
> > 
> > My suggestion would be to carefully reconsider the changes to
> > _tkinter. If it's true that a method can now return strings *and*
> > integers which previously only returned strings, then such a
> > change is clearly not backward compatible.  I'd create a new
> > method for the new semantics in that case.

[GvR]
> That's my gut feeling too.

I misspoke.  I agree with MAL that string.atoi() shouldn't be
changed.  But I didn't mean to imply that I wanted the changes to
_tkinter and Tkinter to be rolled back.

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