On 06.09.2016 20:46, Tim Peters wrote:
[Sven R. Kunze
] ... He already convinced some people. Just not some venerable Python devs, which doesn't necessarily mean something at all.
Their response: "Oh, I don't need it, let's close it." Arek: "But I need it."
So, who's right now? By default, the venerable Python devs ;-)
Well, little bit arrogant? I hope technical arguments weigh more than status here. ;)
[I don't need it in my source code which is under version control.]
It's okay. You don't need to reiterate that you don't need it. I also don't need it when looking at my checked-in source code (but it seems there are people who do). But I remember using it in interactive sessions (damn, why didn't I check that into git?). And there I remember finding it quite irritating not having a return value at all.
random.shuffle([1,2,3,4])
Just gives me: nothing. Of course, the period of irritation lasted short and reading __doc__ helped a lot, but, well, I could have saved me some time. You get the idea. Cheers, Sven