[Python-Dev] A Desperate Plea For Introspection (aka: BDFAP Needed)

[Guido van Rossum]

I'll review it right now.

On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 11:31 AM, Larry Hastings <larry at hastings.org> wrote:
>
>
> Here's PEP 362:
>
> http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0362/
>
> It adds easy introspection abilities to Python callables.  After a whirlwind
> of activity over the past several weeks we think it's ready.
>
> All it needs now is an official pronouncement from some seasoned veteran of
> the Python community.  But that's where it's hit an impasse.  Nick Coghlan
> has recused himself because he was heavily involved in shaping it.  And
> obviously the authors (including myself, in a small way) are ineligible.
> Nobody else has stepped forward.  Yet the feature freeze for 3.3 fast
> approaches--ominous, unstoppable, like a big round boulder headed straight
> for Indiana Jones.  Time is running out.
>
> If you're BDFAP material, why not spend an enjoyable hour today perusing the
> fine work of these capable folks?  Then naturally all you'd need do is haul
> out your rubber stamp.  Mere moments later you'd be on your way, whistling a
> happy tune, a new spring in your step, knowing in your heart you'd made the
> world a better place.
>
> The reference implementation for CPython trunk is here:
>
> https://bitbucket.org/1st1/cpython/changesets/tip/branch(%22pep362%22)
>
> And here's the bug tracker issue:
>
> http://bugs.python.org/issue15008
>
>
> So shines a good deed in a weary world,
>
>
> /arry
>
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