[Python-Dev] On the necessity of PEPs [was "collections.sortedtree"]

[Benjamin Peterson]

On Wed, Mar 26, 2014, at 14:25, Barry Warsaw wrote:
> On Mar 26, 2014, at 01:55 PM, Benjamin Peterson wrote:
> 
> >It's not a bad idea. (I believe others have proposed an red-black tree.)
> >Certainly, it requires a PEP and a few months of bikesheding, though.
> 
> Generally, PEPs aren't necessary for simple or relatively uncontroversial
> additions to existing modules or the stdlib.

I would have said that, too, several years ago, but I think we've been
requiring (or using anyway) PEPs for a lot more things now. OrderedDict
had a PEP for example.

I'm not sure if that's a good thing or not.