[Python-Dev] PEP 409 - final?

Tim Delaney timothy.c.delaney at gmail.com
Thu Feb 2 03:18:32 CET 2012


On 2 February 2012 12:43, Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hmm, after writing up that list, the idea of using "__cause__ is
> Ellipsis" (or even "__cause__ is ...")to mean "use __context__
> instead" occurs to me. After all, "..." has the right connotations of
> "fill this in from somewhere else", and since we really just want a
> known sentinel object that isn't None and isn't a meaningful type like
> the boolean singletons...
>

It's cute yet seems appropriate ... I quite like it.

Tim Delaney
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