Larry Hastings schrieb:
Anyway, it was my intent to post the patch and see what happened. Being a first-timer at this, and not having even read the core development mailing lists for very long, I had no idea what to expect. Though I genuinely didn't expect it to be this brusque.
I could have told you :-) The "problem" really is that you are suggesting a major, significant change to the implementation of Python, and one that doesn't fix an obvious bug. The new code is an order of magnitude more complex than the old one, and the impact that it will have is unknown - but in the worst case, it could have serious negative impact, e.g. when the code is full of errors, and causes Python application to crash in masses. This is, of course, FUD: it is the fear that this might happen, the uncertainty about the quality of the code and the doubt about the viability of the approach. There are many aspects to such a change, but my experience is that it primarily takes time. Fredrik Lundh suggested you give up about Python 2.6, and target Python 3.0 right away; it may indeed be the case that Python 2.6 is too close for that kind of change to find enough supporters. If your primary goal was to contribute to open source, you might want to look for other areas of Python: there are plenty of open bugs ("real bugs" :-), unreviewed patches, etc. For some time, it is more satisfying to work on these, since the likelihood of success is higher. Regards, Martin