On 22/08/2009 7:09 PM, "Martin v. Löwis" wrote:
From my POV, this would be required in some form or another before such a scheme could actually work. Without it we end up with an improved win32text (good!)
I still think this would be actually bad.
Instead, a new extension should be written, with a name that does not have "win32" as a substring, and that has no provision for guessing line breaks by inspecting files.
To be clear, you are suggesting: * Having hg enforce an extension as required is good. * Python adopting win32text as that extension would be bad - instead another extension with different semantics (ie, no guessing based on file content) should be used, and enforced, instead. Or have I misunderstood? Assuming I am correct, I am inclined to agree - win32text may be "good enough" in the short term, but it is far from ideal. Cheers, Mark