[Python-Dev] Adding PEP consistent aliases for names that don't currently conform

[Jess Austin]

On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 3:14 PM, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:
> Please don't do this. We need stable APIs. Trying to switch the entire
> community to use CapWord APIs for something as commonly used as
> datetime sounds like wasting a lot of cycles with no reason except the
> mythical "PEP 8 conformance". As I said, it's a pity we didn't change
> this at the 3.0 point, but I think going forward we should try to be
> more committed to slow change. Additions of new functionality are of
> course fine. But renamings (even if the old names remain available)
> are just noise.

OK, I had misunderstood your earlier message.  Sorry for the confusion.

thanks,
Jess