[PYTHONMAC-SIG] Backward compatability

[Mark Guzdial]

I vote for compatibility.  I don't use these additional features, but I'd
like to be able to run some of the other Python code I see/hear about.
  Mark


>Guido suggested (in a private message) to remove the '*' option (open
>the resource fork) from open() and replace it by a method
>MacOS.openrf() that opens the resource fork.
>
>Also, he suggested doing away with the extra fields returned by
>os.stat() on the mac (the resource fork size, creator and type), to
>make stat() compatible across all platforms.
>
>Will people be seriously bothered by these incompatible changes?
>
>Also, there are three modules I would like to get rid of, in favour of
>bgen-generated modules with the same functionality (but probably a
>completely different interface), and again I would like to hear
>whether this would hurt people. I want to replace the ctb and speech
>interfaces by bgen-generated ones. Also, I want to get rid of
>mactcp/macdnr in favor of a socket-like interface. For the latter: if
>I do this, are there people who still want the low-level mactcp
>interface (or, alternatively, an OpenTransport interface)?
>
>If you use these interfaces: please reply. Failure to do so will
>strengthen me in my conviction that I can toss these without seriously
>inconveniencing people...
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