> Thanks for clarifying the Windows behavior, here. A little more > clarification in the PEP could have avoided lots of discussion. It > would seem that a PEP, proposed to modify a poorly documented (and > therefore likely poorly understood) area, should be educational about > the status quo, as well as presenting the suggested change. Or is it > the Python philosophy that the PEPs should be as incomprehensible as > possible, to generate large discussions?
Certainly not. See PEP 277 for a description of a specification of how file names are handled on Windows. Large discussions could be reduced if readers would try to constructively comment on the PEP, rather than making counter-proposals, or making statements about the PEP without making their implied assumptions explicit. Regards, Martin _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com