[Python-Dev] PEP 451 update

[Eric Snow]

On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 10:24 PM, Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote:
> There's also the option of implementing the constraint directly in the
> finder, which *does* have the necessary info (with the change to pass the
> previous spec to find_spec).

Yeah, I thought of that.  I just prefer the more explicit
supports_reload().  That said...

>
> I still think it makes more sense to leave this out for the moment - it's
> not at all clear we need the extra method, and adding it later would be a
> straightforward protocol update.

...I agree that makes the most sense for now. :)

BTW, thanks for pushing these issues.  I think the API has gotten
pretty solid.  I just need to make sure the PEP covers the cases and
conclusions we're discussing.

-eric