[Python-ideas] itertools.chunks(iterable, size, fill=None)

[Mike Meyer]

On Fri, 06 Jul 2012 18:22:03 +0900
"Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen at xemacs.org> wrote:
> Mike Meyer writes:
>  > Python-dev i'm not familiar enough with to formulate an opinion,
>  > but I think it could work well for python-ideas.
> You're missing the point.  Improving the FAQ for python-*list* is a
> great idea, but Mr. techtonik proposes a FAQ for python-*ideas*.  IOW,
> if the question is actually on-topic, the answers are reasons why
> something isn't going to ever be in Python.

That point I got.

> True, often the explanation of why a proposed feature is inappropriate
> is of the form "this three-line function does the job", but if the
> question is really a FAQ, it presumably has been asked multiple times
> on python-list, and should be picked up there.

That I didn't, and it's fair enough. But the onus to fix this *still*
falls on the people who are answering the same question over and
over. They need to start submitting the answers to the FAQ (there is a
history & design FAQ that would seem to be an appropriate place for
them) rather than just to the list.

>  > This worked very well for the FreeBSD FAQ, which is a fairly large
>  > document.
> No, it didn't.  The FreeBSD FAQ is quite obviously not oriented to
> telling developers what isn't going to go into the next version of
> FreeBSD and why not.

If you're claiming that the FreeBSD FAQ technique didn't work well for
it, then I disagree. That the FreeBSD FAQ has a different orientation
is true, but not clearly relevant.

> If people want to move ahead with this discussion, it really ought to
> move to python-list IMO.

Not in mine. The problem is repeated questions on -ideas. My proposed
solution has to be implemented by -ideas readers. They need to start
submitting frequently typed answers to the appropriate FAQ, not just
to the list.

   <mike
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