Quoth Guido van Rossum: [...]
That's a good idea, and I'd support a PEP on that topic more than PEP 317 (which IMO is unnecessary).
I agree it's unnecessary; even the bit about eliminating string exceptions is unnecessary. But I thought the important question was whether the proposal represents a net improvement to the language and can be achieved with acceptable migration pain. Raymond's arguing the "excessive migration pain" angle quite well, and if the PEP is to be accepted, I'll certainly have to make a more convincing counter-argument on this point than I have so far. I haven't seen any claim that it's a net worsening of the language, though some feel the improvement is negligible. (I don't think I can change their minds if the PEP's existing motivation text doesn't.) But merely being unnecessary seems a weak criterion for rejection. -- Steven Taschuk "[W]e must be very careful when we give advice staschuk@telusplanet.net to younger people: sometimes they follow it!" -- "The Humble Programmer", Edsger Dijkstra