Dec. 26, 2014
1:53 p.m.
Thinking of ">1.7" as "greater than the 1.7 series" sort of helps me as
well...
the problem with thinking of it this way is that you naturally want to extend the concept to >=, but it doesn't work. If the concept were consistent, 1.7.dev1 would satisfy >=1.7, but it doesn't. for >=, the concept seems to be zero-padding. for >, the concept is the series wildcard idea. this inconsistency concerns me, and makes it hard to edit the PEP to be more understandable like I would have wanted.