On 12/19/06, Brett Cannon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 12/19/06, Adam Olsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 12/18/06, Guido van Rossum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > character, but AFAICT it fizzled; nobody has proposed to help with > > > getting the int unification branch, which is mostly done but still has > > > 22 failing tests last time I looked. I've received a few contributions > > > > > I'd also like to see people volunteer to help with the implementation > > > of some of these projects, and with the implementation of projects > > > that already have a PEP or don't need one. For example: > > > > > > - finishing the int unification branch > > > > Who should I conspire with to get this done? > > Martin v. Loewis did all of the initial work on the int unification branch. > He would be the best person to directly talk with. I am pretty sure he > reads this mailing list regularly.
Alternatively, if you have a patch, use the SF patch manager and assign it to me, and I'll take it on right away. > > I've already tracked > > down one of the bugs: convert_to_double in floatobject.c prefers > > PyInt_AS_LONG, assuming it can't fail, which is no longer true. > > > > >>> 5.0 * 9999999999999 > > -5.0 > > >>> 1.0 + 999999999999 > > 0.0 > > > > What is the policy on working on the p3yk branch? > > It's considered just like any other branch in Python. > > > I thought I read > > that we should skip bug reports, but I've been unable to find the > > email saying so. > > Not that I know of. There is a Python 3000 group on SF. We just don't want > people reporting bugs saying that there code doesn't work on that branch. > But reporting bugs like this where new stuff is not working as it should can > be reported. It just doesn't hurt (for now) to say here you found the bug > as well as not that many people are hacking on the p3yk branch. > > -Brett -- --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/) _______________________________________________ Python-3000 mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-3000 Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-3000/archive%40mail-archive.com
