[Python-checkins] r43657 - peps/trunk/pep-0000.txt peps/trunk/pep-3001.txt

[Georg Brandl]

Neal Norwitz wrote:
> This is a good start.  One thing I think should be addressed when
> fixing the names of modules is the new module name should be made
> available in 2.x in order to facilitate forward compatibility.  This
> may apply to public API changes as well (renaming methods).  It sucks
> to start cluttering the API, but I don't see a better alternative.

I'll add that to the PEP.

> It would be nice to freshen all code and ensure greater consistency of
> names, including packages, modules, classes, functions, methods, and
> identifiers.  Maybe we should run pylint over the code to ensure new
> code is conformant?

pychecker: yes, please.
pylint: only with a carefully crafted config file. In the default mode,
it spews out too many warnings.

> It would also be nice to ensure docstrings are present and consistent.
>  Perhaps provide more doctests too which can serve as examples.

Yep.

Georg