[Python-3000] Please don't kill the % operator...

[Brett Cannon]

On 8/16/07, Christian Heimes <lists at cheimes.de> wrote:
[SNIP]

> You are right. I'm guilty as charged to be a participant  of a red bike
> shed discussion. :) I'm seeing myself as a small Python user and
> developer who is trying to get in touch with the gods in the temple of
> python core development (exaggerated *G*). I've been using Python for
> about 5 years and I'm trying to give something back to the community.

Which is great!

> In
> the past months I've submitted patches for small bugs (low hanging
> fruits) and I've raised my voice to show my personal - sometimes
> inadequate - opinion.
>

Your opinion can't be inadequate; perk of it being subjective.  =)
And I partially did the email as I did to explain to you and to other
people who have not been around for a long time how stuff like this
goes when a late-in-the-process objection tends to be taken.

> By the way it's great that the core developers are taking their time to
> discuss this matter with a newbie.

Reasonable discussions are fine, newbie or not.  Perk of the Python
community being friendly is most people are happy to answer questions.

> Although it is sometimes
> disappointing to see that my ideas don't make it into the core I don't
> feel denied.

That's good.  We all have ideas that have been rejected (including Guido  =).

> It gives me the feeling that my work is appreciated but not
> (yet) good enough to meet the quality standards.
>
> I'll stick around and see how I can be of service in the future.

Wonderful!

-Brett