new bitwise module [was Re: Discussion: new operators ...]

Huaiyu Zhu hzhu at localhost.localdomain
Thu Aug 3 13:48:25 EDT 2000


On Thu, 03 Aug 2000 07:50:46 +0200, Christian Tanzer <tanzer at swing.co.at> wrote:
>
>Well, on 02 Aug 2000 you did say (regarding a PEP):
[snip]
>
>My understanding of PEPs is that they are not concerned with Python
>3000.

Well, well, well. I'm taking a heavy lesson on newgroup discussions. :-)

I was talking about whether a PEP is needed for adding the bitwise module
into current standard Python. We also talked about removing bitwise
operators from P3K.

Tim said that a PEP is definitely needed for taking the old symbols out.

In another paragraph Tim also asked why would people prefer using bitwise
module to infix operators, and I replied with several reasons.

I can understand why people read this as a call to remove these operators
even before P3K [1].  I've got to be more careful next time.

Huaiyu

[1] Not what you thought.  They read this as a call for immediate action
because they find the listed reasons very compelling.  <0.99wink>



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