Aug. 23, 2010
8:50 p.m.
On Aug 23, 2010, at 1:45 PM, Benjamin Peterson wrote:
2010/8/23 Raymond Hettinger <raymond.hettinger@gmail.com>:
P.S. The current behavior seems to be deeply embedded:
Well, that's what happens when a behavior is added in 1990. :)
More generally: it is an API code smell whenever documentation promises something like "this always succeeds" ;-) Raymond