[Python-Dev] Changes to PEP 327: Decimal data type

[Kurt B. Kaiser]

Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> writes:

>> Dissension will be
>> crushed <wink>.  Module and package names seem muddier, although I think a
>> lot of projects (including the Python core) have been moving toward short
>> one-word all-lower names for those (especially for packages at top level).
>
> Another pronouncement then: modules/packages need to be short
> all-lower names (no underscores).
>
> StringIO, cPickle and SimpleXMLRPCServer etc. were mistakes.

Patch 919256 submitted for review.

http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=919256&group_id=5470&atid=305470

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KBK