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Re: Bug reports [was Re: Python list code of conduct]

References (9 earlier) <mailman.4125.1372798337.3114.python-list@python.org> <roy-D8C68F.19461302072013@70-1-84-166.pools.spcsdns.net> <51d375de$0$29999$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <mailman.4153.1372838561.3114.python-list@python.org> <roy-AD597D.10032403072013@70-1-84-166.pools.spcsdns.net>
Date 2013-07-04 00:15 +1000
Subject Re: Bug reports [was Re: Python list code of conduct]
From Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Message-ID <mailman.4170.1372860945.3114.python-list@python.org> (permalink)

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On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 12:03 AM, Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> wrote:
> In article <mailman.4153.1372838561.3114.python-list@python.org>,
>  Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Of course, it's possible for there to be dark corners. But if you're
>> working with those, you know it full well. The dark corners of Python
>> might be in some of its more obscure modules, or maybe in IPv6
>> handling,
>
> The sad thing about this statement is that IPv6 has been around for
> about as long as Python.

Yeah, and yet so many ISPs simply don't support it (only one of the
Australian ISPs I've worked with does - Internode). So heaps of code
just doesn't get tested in an IPv6 environment. I don't know whether
there's anything in Python that would fail in that way, but there
might be; if someone starts writing a DNS server in Python and runs
into difficulties with AAAA records, then it actually might be a
library bug.

But the concept still applies: Extraordinary claims require
extraordinary evidence.[1] Before ranting loudly about how Python is
buggy, make absolutely sure you're right, and show the evidence.

ChrisA

[1] http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#idp5249360

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    Re: OSError [Errno 26] ?!?! Νίκος <nikos@superhost.gr> - 2013-07-02 08:57 +0300
      Re: OSError [Errno 26] ?!?! Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au> - 2013-07-02 17:21 +1000
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              Python list code of conduct Steve Simmons <square.steve@gmail.com> - 2013-07-02 16:51 +0100
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              Re: Python list code of conduct Joshua Landau <joshua.landau.ws@gmail.com> - 2013-07-02 20:48 +0100
              Re: Python list code of conduct Skip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com> - 2013-07-02 15:33 -0500
              Re: Python list code of conduct Ned Deily <nad@acm.org> - 2013-07-02 13:52 -0700
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                Re: Python list code of conduct Ned Deily <nad@acm.org> - 2013-07-02 17:07 -0700
                Re: Python list code of conduct Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au> - 2013-07-03 10:10 +1000
                Bug reports [was Re: Python list code of conduct] Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-07-03 00:52 +0000
                Re: Bug reports [was Re: Python list code of conduct] Joshua Landau <joshua.landau.ws@gmail.com> - 2013-07-03 02:12 +0100
                Re: Bug reports [was Re: Python list code of conduct] Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-07-03 18:02 +1000
                Re: Bug reports [was Re: Python list code of conduct] Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-07-03 10:03 -0400
                Re: Bug reports [was Re: Python list code of conduct] Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-07-04 00:15 +1000
                Re: Bug reports [was Re: Python list code of conduct] Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-07-03 10:23 -0400
                Re: Bug reports [was Re: Python list code of conduct] Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-07-04 00:52 +1000
                Re: Bug reports [was Re: Python list code of conduct] Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2013-07-03 20:11 +0000
                Re: Bug reports [was Re: Python list code of conduct] Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-07-03 16:31 -0400
                Re: Bug reports [was Re: Python list code of conduct] Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2013-07-03 21:52 +0000
                IPv6 deployment by ISPs (was: Bug reports) Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2013-07-04 11:15 +1000
                Re: Python list code of conduct Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-07-03 02:18 -0400
                Re: Python list code of conduct Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-07-03 10:10 -0400
                Re: Python list code of conduct Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-07-03 17:24 +0000
              Re: Python list code of conduct Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2013-07-03 08:39 +1000
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                Re: Python list code of conduct rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-07-03 04:50 -0700
                Re: Python list code of conduct Steve Simmons <square.steve@gmail.com> - 2013-07-03 15:18 +0100

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