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Re: Restarting Python

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Date 2014-10-01 10:30 +1000
Subject Re: Restarting Python
From Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Message-ID <mailman.14503.1412123468.18130.python-list@python.org> (permalink)

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On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 9:16 AM, Seymore4Head
<Seymore4Head@hotmail.invalid> wrote:
> On Tue, 30 Sep 2014 18:58:50 -0400, Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu>
> wrote:
>
>>On 9/30/2014 5:15 PM, Seymore4Head wrote:
>>> Since the developers of Python decided to make Python 3 non backward
>>> compatible,
>>
>>This is a trollish exaggeration.
>>
>> > I can't help but wonder why they don't think a command to
>>> restart would be a useful addition?
>>
>>More trollishness.  Python does not have 'commands'.
>>
>>Feature additions are independent of the changes make in 3.0.  2.7 got
>>many new features, and even now is getting a few new security features.
>>
>>One cannot have opinions about something they do not think of.
>>
>>If you want to propose a new feature, just do that.  Describe a use case
>>and how the feature would look, using current Python syntax, and how it
>>would operate.
>
> Bad day?

No, that's not Terry having a bad day and taking it out on you. That's
you making a vague proposal with dubious justification, and Terry
coming back to you asking for clarification.

As he says, you need to propose new features by saying what they'd do,
how they'd do it, and why they should be implemented. Ignore Python's
history here, just look at where the language currently is and where
you're suggesting it go.

ChrisA

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Restarting Python Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> - 2014-09-30 17:15 -0400
  Re: Restarting Python Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2014-09-30 21:27 +0000
    Re: Restarting Python Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-10-01 00:24 +0100
  Re: Restarting Python Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> - 2014-09-30 18:05 -0400
    Re: Restarting Python Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> - 2014-09-30 18:07 -0400
      Re: Restarting Python Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2014-09-30 22:35 -0400
  Re: Restarting Python Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-09-30 18:58 -0400
    Re: Restarting Python Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> - 2014-09-30 19:16 -0400
      Re: Restarting Python Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-10-01 10:30 +1000
    Re: Restarting Python Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-10-01 23:08 +1000
      Re: Restarting Python Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-10-01 06:39 -0700
  Re: Restarting Python Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-10-02 00:47 +1000
    Re: Restarting Python Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-10-01 13:52 -0400

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