[Python-Dev] Re: the "3*x works w/o __rmul__" bug
Guido van Rossum
guido at python.org
Tue Oct 28 14:08:04 EST 2003
> I know it's hard to fix (I've stared at that code for QUITE a
> while...). But "deducing" from that difficulty that the error's not
> worth fixing seems like a classic case of "sour grapes":-).
I dunno. As language warts go I find this one minuscule, and the
effort you spend on rhetoric to convince me a waste of breath. My
position is: I understand that it's a wart, I just don't think I know
of a good solution, and I can live with the status quo just fine.
--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)
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