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

[Guido van Rossum]

On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 1:23 PM, Jess Austin <jaustin at post.harvard.edu> wrote:
> 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.

No problem! I was probably using shorthand that only experienced devs
understood.

I hope you'll find other things to contribute!

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