Comment on draft PEP for deprecating six builtins

[Brian Quinlan]

> Huh? The "core" language wouldn't be measurably shrunk by this
proposal
> fella. Your rationale is built on air. Show us some genuine
_advantage_
> that is worth the huge _cost_ in time and effort caused by your ill-
> considered proposal. How about you and other PEP writers take some
> responsibilities for your fantasies for once? You up to helping
thousands
> rewrite their code? I thought not.

Why the hostility? 

I think that every PEP is a good one. Even if the PEP is ultimately
rejected, it promotes thought about some aspect of the language. Taking
responsibility sounds like stifling discussion to me.

Cheers,
Brian