[Python-Dev] PEP 290 revisited

[Michael Hudson]

"Kevin Altis" <altis@semi-retired.com> writes:

> > I know, that's much less fun and no quick satisfaction, but it leads
> > to code *improvement* rather than bitrot.
> 
> Yes, but it also means the folks doing the real work in a module are going
> to have to deal with this kind of stuff that probably seems trivial to them
> and not worth doing when they could be writing real code. It just means
> there is more on their plate and that Python itself, may not meet its own
> guidelines; these kinds of changes tend to not get done because there is
> never enough time.

I think this is a bogus argument, sorry.  If you're doing something
non trivial to a module, the time required to use string methods
rather than the string module is in the noise.

CHeers,
M.

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