[Python-ideas] META: Is a PEP a good place to record Python's core design decisions and coding principles?

[Ethan Furman]

Chris replied
> Jonathan Fine opined:
>> Chris Angelico stated:

Chris
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>>> It's way WAY simpler than all this. "Iterable" isn't a type, it's a
>>> protocol; in fact, "iterable" just means "has an __iter__ method".

Jonathan
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>> I think that for Chris this is a FACT about Python. This is the way Python is.


Jonathan, you just lost some serious credibility.  You really should do more research before posting.


Chris
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> "For me"? No. It is, pure and simply, a fact about Python. That is how
> the language is defined. It's not "for me" a fact, as if facts might
> not be facts for other people. That isn't how facts work, and it isn't
> how Python works.


And if you want some examples, try here:

   https://stackoverflow.com/a/7542261/208880

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~Ethan~