July 22, 2019
10:02 p.m.
Brett Cannon wrote:
Same would happen with a rename where people's code suddenly broke. We don't do renames on purpose without a proper deprecation cycle and doing that en-mass would be extremely disruptive.
Good point, this would probably have to be a gradual change if it did happen, rather than being at all once. If it were to happen with a proper deprecation cycle and clear communication, I think it would result in significantly less confusion overall and provide a higher degree of consistency across stdlib in the long term.