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On Feb 28, 2012 7:14 PM, <<a href="mailto:martin@v.loewis.de">martin@v.loewis.de</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> Why is readding u'' a feature and not a bug?<br>
><br>
><br>
> There is a really simple litmus test for whether something is a bug:<br>
> does it deviate from the specification?<br>
><br>
> In this case, the specification is the grammar, and the implementation<br>
> certainly doesn't deviate from it. So it can't be a bug.</p>
<p>I don't think anyone can assert that the specification itself is immune to having "bugs".</p>
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> Regards,<br>
> Martin<br>
><br>
> P.S. Before anybody over-interprets this criterion: there is certain<br>
> "implicit behavior" assumed in Python that may not actually be documented,<br>
> such as "the interpreter will not core dump", and "the source code will<br>
> compile with any standard C compiler". Deviation from these implicit<br>
> assumption is also a bug. However, they don't apply here.<br>
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