[Python-Dev] Deprecate the buffer object?

I happened to be looking at the buffer API today and I came across this posting from Guido: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2000-October/009974.html Over the years there has been a lot of discussion about the buffer API and the buffer object. The general consensus seems to be that the buffer API is not ideal but nonetheless useful. The buffer object, OTOH, is considered fundamentally broken and should be removed. Does anyone object to deprecating the 'buffer' builtin? Eventually we could remove the buffer object completely. Neil