There's some truth to that. OTOH, until the BDFL declares something to be an ex-PEP, I don't think BDFL rejection of a PEP means that it is forever dead -- it just requires substantial revision to resurrect it. The point of PEPs is to prevent rehashing of old subjects in the same way, not to prevent new ideas from restarting discussions.

In general, it's better to create a new PEP if you have a new idea. The only reason to revive a rejected PEP would be if the reason for rejecting the specific idea put forth in the PEP becomes invalid. A PEP should propose a specific solution. --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)

There's some truth to that. OTOH, until the BDFL declares something to be an ex-PEP, I don't think BDFL rejection of a PEP means that it is forever dead -- it just requires substantial revision to resurrect it. The point of PEPs is to prevent rehashing of old subjects in the same way, not to prevent new ideas from restarting discussions.

In general, it's better to create a new PEP if you have a new idea. The only reason to revive a rejected PEP would be if the reason for rejecting the specific idea put forth in the PEP becomes invalid. A PEP should propose a specific solution. --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)