[Python-Dev] Fixing send()

[Anthony Baxter]

>>> Guido van Rossum wrote
> I've got a possible patch for the send() problem.  I'd like review of
> the patch and the related issues before I apply it.  I'd also like
> more guidance regarding the suitability of this patch for the 2.1.2
> bugfix release.  (It fixes a real bug, but can sometime lead to
> different behavior, and adds a new interpretation of the absence of an
> optional argument, which can be considered a feature.)

It's a tough decision, because this really _is_ the cleaner solution,
but it does stand a slight chance of breaking code, and it's also something
that can be worked around in the std library. At the moment I'm planning to
just fix the std library modules instead - as these are definitely broken.
The added functionality of python's send() is very useful, but it's a 
feature, not a bug :)

Anthony


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