[Python-Dev] cpython (3.2): Issue 7391: Remove questionable and outdated HOWTO document with permission

[R. David Murray]

On Sat, 19 Mar 2011 13:57:02 +0100, Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net> wrote:
> On Sat, 19 Mar 2011 02:22:42 +0100
> raymond.hettinger <python-checkins at python.org> wrote:
> > http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/80ff78425419
> > changeset:   68671:80ff78425419
> > branch:      3.2
> > parent:      68665:f832ca852329
> > user:        Raymond Hettinger <python at rcn.com>
> > date:        Fri Mar 18 18:22:28 2011 -0700
> > summary:
> >   Issue 7391: Remove questionable and outdated HOWTO document with permission from its author.
> 
> How is this questionable?
> I found it quite useful when trying to warn beginners about anti-idioms.
> Is there another resource which replaces it?

Indeed.  I spent some time a few months back updating a couple sections
of that howto.  Perhaps the better thing to do would be to update it
instead of deleting it (although I admit I haven't read through the
whole thing....an issue was submitted for a particular section and I
updated that section and the other one talking about the same topic
(sorry I don't remember which one off the top of my head)).

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