[Python-Dev] Oddity PEP 0 key

Michael Foord fuzzyman at voidspace.org.uk
Fri May 1 23:55:16 CEST 2009


MRAB wrote:
> Benjamin Peterson wrote:
>> 2009/5/1 MRAB <google at mrabarnett.plus.com>:
>>> I've just noticed an oddity in the key in PEP 0. Most letters are used
>>> more than once. Wouldn't it be clearer if different letters were used
>>> for "Accepted" and "Active" instead of them both being 'A', for 
>>> example?
>>>
>>> -> A - Accepted proposal
>>> -> R - Rejected proposal
>>>   W - Withdrawn proposal
>>> -> D - Deferred proposal
>>>   F - Final proposal
>>> -> A - Active proposal
>>> -> D - Draft proposal
>>> -> R - Replaced proposal
>>
>> Yes, that makes more sense. Would you like to submit a patch against
>> the PEP 0 generator? (It's in peps/pep0)
>>
> I'm still trying to think which letters to use!

P for Proposal (to replace Active Proposal)? Every active PEP is a 
proposal...

Michael

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