On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 5:40 PM, Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> wrote:
On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 1:28 PM, Antoine Pitrou <solipsis@pitrou.net> wrote:
Guido van Rossum <guido@...> writes:
Note, the moratorium would only cover the language itself plus built-in functions, not the standard library.
Out of curiousity, would it preclude adding e.g. a method to a built-in type? (I'm not saying this with anything specific in mind)
And I can't answer without anything specific in front of me.
I think it's time for someone to draft a PEP for me summarizing some of the points of this discussion.
Some specific quick responses before I run off to do real work:
- no, I don't think it should have been announced before 3.1 was frozen
- no, I don't think we need an ISO standard
- no, it's not decided yet
- no, it's not an absolute law (actually typical laws have lots of gray areas too)
I'll volunteer to write it up; I like writing. I'll send it to python-dev when it's ready. jesse