[Python-Dev] Re: [Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Lib unittest.py,1.14,1.15

[Guido van Rossum]

[Fred]
> Munge the RCS keywords to avoid updates, so the version number matches that
> of the PyUNIT version of the same file.  This helps people understand that
> this version is the same as the version from the independent PyUNIT
> release (confusion was indicated on the PyUNIT mailing list).

But now it's gonna confuse Python developers.  And what if Python's
unittest.py gets a life of its own?  What is the meaning of the
version number then?  I propose to remove the __author__, __email__
and __version__ strings, and instead include that information in the
docstring or in a comment.

> ! __version__ = "#Revision: 1.43 $"[11:-2]

Why not simply

    __version__ = "1.43"

???

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)