[Python-Dev] Re: python/nondist/peps pep-0000.txt, 1.270, 1.271 pep-0329.txt, 1.3, 1.4

David Goodger goodger at python.org
Tue Apr 20 17:22:15 EDT 2004


rhettinger at users.sourceforge.net wrote:
> + Status
> + ======
> + 
> + The PEP is self rejected by the author due to the unprecedented
> + level of enmity it generated from developers.

Oh, there's precedent.  I seem to recall Guido's PEP 259, "Omit
printing newline after newline", getting a lot of flak.  Plenty
of negative feedback from a lot of other PEPs too.  So don't
be so hard on the poor PEP.  :-)

-- David Goodger



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