Quality of Standard Modules

[Terry Reedy]

js wrote:
> I read an interview with Guido at
> http://www.techworld.com.au/article/255835/a-z_programming_languages_python
> and
> that's very interesting.
> 
> In that article, he said
> "there are also a lot of modules that aren't particularly well
> thought-out, or serve only a very small specialized audience, or don't
> work well with other modules."
> 
> I'm curious what modules he's refering and other Pythonistas feel it's
> not pythonic.

Consider the next paragraph: "We're cleaning up the worst excesses in 
Python 3.0, but for many reasons it's much harder to remove modules than 
to add new ones -- there's always *someone* who will miss it. I probably 
should have set the bar for standard library modules higher than I did 
(especially in the early days, when I accepted pretty much anything 
anyone was willing to contribute). "  Now check out what was removed ;-)

http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3108/

will help.