[Python-Dev] Re: [Python-checkins] CVS: python/dist/src/Lib filecmp.py,1.6,1.7

Moshe Zadka Moshe Zadka <moshez@zadka.site.co.il>
Sun, 3 Dec 2000 23:01:07 +0200 (IST)


On Sun, 3 Dec 2000, Christian Tismer wrote:

> Ugh! Wouldn't that be a fine chance to rename the cmp
> function in this module? Overriding a built-in
> is really not nice to have in a library.

The fine chance was when we moved cmp.py->filecmp.py. 
Now it would just break backwards compatability.
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