Alexander Belopolsky <belopol...@users.sourceforge.net> added the comment:
On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 2:09 PM, Antoine Pitrou <rep...@bugs.python.org> wrote: .. >> > Well, the problem is that the "appropriate test" is not easy to guess a >> > priori, so it would >> > be useful for the stdlib to provide the right tool for the job. >> >> This sounds like an argument against this feature, not for it. If it >> is hard for the application code to implement an appropriate test "a >> priori", what is the chance to get it right in stdlib? > > The point of a standard library is to bring together competence and > experience to build a common ground of useful functions. If we > restricted ourselves to easy things then 75% of the stdlib should be > ripped out. > It looks like I misunderstood what you said. I thought "a priory" meant without knowing the details of the application rather than "by a novice." ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue10278> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
