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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU>There has been off-list discussion with the authors, for sure. But most of the recent threads are disputes and not useful.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU>At this point, if you're not helping clarify what’s in the PEP, you’re not helping by posting an opinion.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU>But since we can’t possibly convince everyone not to post their opinions, perhaps all the rest of us (especially the PEP authors!) should abandon the list for a few days and let them shout it out :)</span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Top-posted from my Windows 10 phone</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:steve@holdenweb.com">Steve Holden</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Friday, July 6, 2018 16:30<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:rymg19@gmail.com">Ryan Gonzalez</a><br><b>Cc: </b><a href="mailto:solipsis@pitrou.net">Antoine Pitrou</a>; <a href="mailto:python-dev@python.org">Python-Dev@Python. Org</a><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Python-Dev] A "day of silence" on PEP 572?</p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>On Sat, Jul 7, 2018 at 12:18 AM, Ryan Gonzalez <<a href="mailto:rymg19@gmail.com" target="_blank">rymg19@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>On July 6, 2018 5:04:05 PM Antoine Pitrou <<a href="mailto:solipsis@pitrou.net" target="_blank">solipsis@pitrou.net</a>> wrote:</p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>(or contact the PEP's authors<br>privately).</p></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>Hoenstly, this feels like a recipe for a disaster...</p></blockquote><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Many of the people who have strong opinions in this know the PEP authors from years of working together.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal> </p></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>They might feel that personal channels are appropriate. I'd agree it would be a bit presumptuous and spammy of others to use them.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>