[Python-3000] Python-3000 Digest, Vol 10, Issue 40

Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Tue Dec 19 06:55:22 CET 2006


On 12/18/06, Josiah Carlson <jcarlson at uci.edu> wrote:
>
> "Edward C. Jones" <edcjones at comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> > Guido van Rossum wrote:
> >
> >  > Ok, so be it. Let this be a pronouncement -- the only stdlib reorg
> >  > we're doing will be (a) deleting silly old stuff; (b) rename modules
> >  > that don't conform to the current module/package naming convention,
> >  > like StringIO, cPickle or UserDict.
> >
> > I feel strongly that modules os, os.path, shutil, etc. that deal with
> > files and paths need reorganizing.
>
> So think about what you think would make sense, perhaps propose it here,
> and/or write a PEP.

Right. If you feel strongly about it, *do* it. Or shut up. The time to
tell others what to do is past.

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