Re: Guido rethinking removal of cmp from sort method

From	Brian Quinlan <brian@sweetapp.com>
Subject	Re: Guido rethinking removal of cmp from sort method
Date	2011-04-03 16:34 +1000
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On 3 Apr 2011, at 16:22, geremy condra wrote:
> I think we're talking at cross purposes. The point I'm making is that
> there are lots of issues where popularity as a third party module
> isn't really a viable test for whether a feature is sufficiently
> awesome to be in core python. As part of determining whether I thought
> it was appropriate in this case I essentially just asked myself
> whether any of the really good and necessary parts of Python would
> fail to be readmitted under similar circumstances, and I think the
> answer is that very few would come back in. To me, that indicates that
> this isn't the right way to address this issue, although I admit that
> I lack any solid proof to base that conclusion on.

This has been discussed a few times on python-dev. I think that most  
developers acknowledge that small-but-high-utility modules would not  
survive outside of the core because people would simple recreate them  
rather than investing the time to find, learn and use them.

Cheers,
Brian

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Re: Guido rethinking removal of cmp from sort method Antoon Pardon <Antoon.Pardon@rece.vub.ac.be> - 2011-03-30 11:06 +0200
  Re: Guido rethinking removal of cmp from sort method Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-03-31 02:13 +0000
    Re: Guido rethinking removal of cmp from sort method Antoon Pardon <Antoon.Pardon@rece.vub.ac.be> - 2011-03-31 11:41 +0200
      Re: Guido rethinking removal of cmp from sort method Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2011-03-31 04:59 -0700
    Re: Guido rethinking removal of cmp from sort method geremy condra <debatem1@gmail.com> - 2011-04-01 14:31 -0700
      Re: Guido rethinking removal of cmp from sort method Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-04-02 00:41 +0000
        Re: Guido rethinking removal of cmp from sort method geremy condra <debatem1@gmail.com> - 2011-04-01 18:22 -0700
          Re: Guido rethinking removal of cmp from sort method Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-04-02 11:01 +0000
            Re: Guido rethinking removal of cmp from sort method geremy condra <debatem1@gmail.com> - 2011-04-02 23:22 -0700
            Re: Guido rethinking removal of cmp from sort method Brian Quinlan <brian@sweetapp.com> - 2011-04-03 16:34 +1000
              Re: Guido rethinking removal of cmp from sort method Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-04-03 10:21 +0000
                Re: Guido rethinking removal of cmp from sort method geremy condra <debatem1@gmail.com> - 2011-04-03 12:58 -0700
        Re: Guido rethinking removal of cmp from sort method Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2011-04-01 19:29 -0700
          Re: Guido rethinking removal of cmp from sort method Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-04-02 13:43 +1100
          Re: Guido rethinking removal of cmp from sort method Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-04-02 11:27 +0000

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