[Python-Dev] Unittests

M.-A. Lemburg mal@lemburg.com
Wed, 10 Apr 2002 17:48:51 +0200


Aahz wrote:
> 
> On Wed, Apr 10, 2002, M.-A. Lemburg wrote:
> > Aahz wrote:
> >> On Tue, Apr 09, 2002, Neal Norwitz wrote:
> >>>
> >>> whrandom.py
> >>
> >> This is a deprecated module, no?
> >
> > I certainly hope not.
> 
> Well, you hope wrong.  ;-)  Argue with the Timbot.

I don't want to argue. Why not have both whrandom and random
around ? ... with whrandom using the tools from random ?

I don't see the value of deprecating a stone-old module
just because there's a new flashy module with a different
name around. If it's possible to maintain backward
compatibility then it should be maintained. Period.

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