I should have added that I also don't feel I want to go at bat to fight for this PEP. I do observe that it looks like the folks used to building large systems (in Python or other languages) don't seem to like it, while it seems to appeal to folks writing simpler code (the abundant majority of Python users, but not of Python core devs). I worry that the experienced folks may perhaps be a little too eager to protect newbies from shooting themselves in the foot.