[Python-Dev] Proof of the pudding: str.partition()

[Terry Reedy]

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>
>    >> You can do both: make partition() return a sequence with 
> attributes,
>    >> similar to os.stat().  However, I would call the attributes 
> "before",
>    >> "sep", and "after".
>
>    Terry> One could see that as a special-case back-compatibility kludge
>    Terry> that maybe should disappear in 3.0.
>
> Back compatibility with what?

os.stat without attributes.  'that' referred to its current 'sequence with 
attributes' return.

> I'm -1 on the notion of generating groups or attributes.

We agree.  A back-compatibility kludge is not a precedent to be emulated.

>In the case of stat() there is no reason other than historic
> for the results to be returned in any particular order,

Which is why I wonder whether the sequence part should be dropped in 3.0.

Terry J. Reedy