Brett Cannon <br...@python.org> added the comment:
It's because the module was originally kept compatible with Python 1.5.2: https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0291/#backward-compatible-packages-modules-and-tools ---------- nosy: +brett.cannon _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue35346> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com