[stdlib-sig] A game in the standard library

[Brett Cannon]

On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 1:34 PM, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:

> Oh well, the first paragraph stands. :)
>
Yep, so I consider the idea dead.

-Brett



> --Guido van Rossum (sent from Android phone)
> On Aug 17, 2012 9:02 AM, "Brett Cannon" <brett at python.org> wrote:
>
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>>
>> On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 10:42 AM, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org>wrote:
>>
>>> Frankly I'm against the idea of any type of *application* in the
>>> stdlib proper. The stdlib exists to support writing other programs. It
>>> should not contain self-contained programs (some testing utilities
>>> excepted).
>>>
>>> I'm totally fine with adding a game to the Demos directory in the
>>> distro -- that's what it's for.
>>>
>>
>> Wrong tense as the Demos directory got nuked in Python 3.2.
>>
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