[Python-ideas] Python Reviewed

[Ned Batchelder]

On 1/9/17 8:31 AM, Chris Angelico wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 10:25 PM, Simon Lovell <simon58500 at bigpond.com> wrote:
>> Python Reviewed
>>
>> Having used a lot of languages a little bit and not finding satisfactory
>> answers to these in some cases often asked questions, I thought I'd join
>> this group to make a post on the virtues and otherwise of python.
> I think this thread belongs on python-list at python.org, where you'll
> find plenty of people happy to discuss why Python is and/or shouldn't
> be the way it is.
I think this is the only reasonable response to this posting on this
mailing list.

Simon: quoting from the Python-Ideas info page: "This list is to contain
discussion of speculative language ideas for Python for possible
inclusion into the language."  Your comments, while interesting, don't
make specific proposals for changes to Python.

python-list at python.org is good for general discussion.  If you do intend
to make specific proposals, you'll have to put a lot more work into
them.  Proposals should be focused and specific; one thread with a dozen
ideas makes discussion impossible.

It helps to understand the language and its history.  Many of your
reactions to Python have been expressed many times before, so there are
well-documented discussions and rationales for Python being the way it
is.  Doing some research beforehand can save you some work.

Finally, backward compatibility is a serious consideration.  Proposals
containing new keywords, for example, are nearly impossible to get approved.

Welcome to the community,

--Ned.
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