[Python-Dev] Re: PEP 326 now online

[Guido van Rossum]

> I proposed cmp.lo and cmp.hi as a trial balloon for the idea of
> using specific public function attributes (as opposed to generic
> implementation attributes) as a 'low-cost' alternative to builtin
> names for something that is useful but not so central as None, True,
> and False.  I had no thought then of non-native-English users or
> much attachment to the specifics except for the shortness.
> Capitalizing the constants' names would follow precedence.  Using
> Min and Max reuses existing knowledge, so this would be OK by me.

Hm.  cmp is a *builtin function*.  That seems an exceedingly odd place
to stick arbitrary constants -- much more so than type objects (like
Martin's recently proposed unicode property for controlling error
handling).

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