[Python-Dev] [PEP 3148] futures - execute computations asynchronously

[Terry Reedy]

On 3/6/2010 4:20 AM, Brian Quinlan wrote:
>
> On 6 Mar 2010, at 03:21, Daniel Stutzbach wrote:
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>> On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 12:03 AM, Brian Quinlan <brian at sweetapp.com
>> <mailto:brian at sweetapp.com>> wrote:
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>>     import futures
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>>
>> +1 on the idea, -1 on the name. It's too similar to "from __future__
>> import ...".
>>
>> Also, the PEP should probably link to the discussions on stdlib-sig?
>
> I thoug ht about that but this discussion is spread over many threads
> and many months.

This is pretty typical. I would say just that, and link to the first.
"This PEP was discussed over many months in many threads in the 
stdlib-sig list. The first was .... . Python-dev discussion occured in 
<this thread>.

tjr