[Python-3000] Did I miss anything?

[Kendall Clark]

On Apr 10, 2006, at 6:19 PM, Guido van Rossum wrote:

> Are there other proto-PEPs being worked on? I would appreciate if the
> authors would send me a note (or reply here) with the URL and the
> status.

I told Barry I'd work on a proto-PEP for adding symbols (global,  
immutable things (or, if you prefer, "names" or "dataless labels") a  
la Ruby's :symbol) to Py3k, but I don't yet have anything worth sharing.

Symbols would be a pretty picayune addition to the language, but the  
Ruby folks seem to get v. good mileage out of them for  
metaprogramming, in projects like Rails, and in using Ruby as a host  
for DSLs, an area where it'd be a shame for Python to fall behind.

Though if you have a strong feeling one way or the other, that would  
either save me some time working on something that hasn't a chance or  
motivate me to finish something that might. :>

Cheers,
Kendall Clark