[Python-Dev] removing the new and types modules

Nick Coghlan ncoghlan at gmail.com
Thu Nov 29 11:50:03 CET 2007


henning.vonbargen at arcor.de wrote:
> Sorry if this is a dumb question, but are there actually good reasons to remove "types"?

Mainly because it is an unrelated grab bag of types that could be put in 
more topical locations - what they're for is more interesting than the 
mere fact that they happen to be types.

As it turns out, the cleanup for Py3k (removing the members which are 
merely aliases for existing names) has already cut it down to only a few 
types which are closely related to the interpreter core.

Cheers,
Nick.

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