[Python-Dev] Convention on functions that shadow existing stdlib functions

[Nick Coghlan]

On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 4:52 PM, Eli Bendersky <eliben at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 08:48, Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 3:24 PM, Eli Bendersky <eliben at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > I propose to just move 3K's docs to the devguide, and make both doc
>> > pages
>> > (in 3K and 2.7) point to it. Is this acceptable?
>>
>> Yeah, just include a note in the devguide version saying that anything
>> added in 3.2 or later may not be available when writing tests for the
>> 2.7 maintenance branch.
>
> Alright, and what should stay in the docs then? I guess only 25.5.2 (usage
> of regrtest). The rest is either documentation of support, or advice for
> people writing new tests, both of which belong to the devguide.

How to run the test suite should stay, along with a pointer to the
additional information in the devguide.

Cheers,
Nick.

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