[Python-Dev] bug 576990

[Roeland Rengelink]

Hi,

Early july I submitted a bug report ( http://www.python.org/sf/576990 ).
Although Raymond Hettinger briefly looked at it (closed it, and the
re-opened it), there's presently no assignee for the bug. I am certainly
willing to do the work myself, but before doing so, I'd like to be sure
that I understand the non-repsonse correctly. I see several
possibilities:

1. This is not a bug but somebody forgot to tell me.

2. This is a completely trivial to solve, but everybody overlooked it.  

3. This is a small bug, only seen in a marginal corner case that is of
no particular interest to anyone, so there is no reason ( and certainly
no time) for anybody to respond and/or solve this

4. This is a mildly interesting, but relatively obscure bug, that might
be straightforward to solve if somebody had the spare time. (what spare
time?)

5. This is clearly a profound and interesting bug, but solving this
seems to involve cans of worms, ten-foot poles, and a re-write of the
core.

I supsect that in this case the answer lies somewhere between 3 and 4. I
just want to make sure that this is not a type 1, 2 or 5 bug. 

...

Ok. So this is actually a blatant attempt to get someone to look at this
again before 2.2.2 goes out the door. On the other hand, I really am
willing to do the work (clarify the report, give more use-cases, explain
the reasoning behind the patch, implement alternative solutions).

Thanks,

Roeland Rengelink