[Python-Dev] standard libraries don't behave like standard 'libraries'

[Georg Brandl]

Sriram Srinivasan schrieb:
> I guess why every programming language has some kind of a 'standard
> library' built in within it. In my view it must not be called as a
> 'library' at all. what it does
> is like a 'bunch of built-in programs ready-made to do stuff'.
> 
> Lets see what a 'library' does:
> 
> 1. offers books for customers
>  1.1 lets user select a book by genre, etc
>  1.2 lets user to use different books of same genre, etc
>  1.3 lets user to use books by same author, etc for different genre
> 
> 2. keeps track of all the books + their genre
>  2.1 first knows what all books it has at present
>  2.2 when new book comes it is added to the particular shelf sorted by
> genre,author,edition, etc..
>  2.3 when books become old they are kept separately for future reference
>  2.4 very old books can be sent to a museum/discarded
>
> I guess no standard library does the minimum of this but wants to be
> called a library.

I guess you're simply stretching the "library" metaphor far beyond its
usefulness :)

Georg