[Python-ideas] Support multiplication for sets

[Mike Meyer]

On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 1:57 PM, Ethan Furman <ethan at stoneleaf.us> wrote:

> Jakob Bowyer wrote:
>
>> Well it was fun watching the process that is python-ideas and the shooting
>> down in flames that happens here. Can someone give me some advice about what
>> to think about/do for the next time that an idea comes to mind?
>>
>
> Just what you did this time.  As the tagline says, "In order for there to
> be good ideas, there must first be lots of ideas."  (No, I don't remember
> who said it, or even who's tagline it is.)
>

Actually, that question makes me think that a meta-PEP on the process of
vetting an idea before starting a real PEP might be worthwhile. In
particular, that people should come up with real-world use cases and try and
think of the worst abuses that might occur, etc.

    <mike
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