On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 8:35 AM, Jesse Noller <jnol...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 11:21 AM, Daniel Stutzbach > <dan...@stutzbachenterprises.com> wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 12:03 AM, Brian Quinlan <br...@sweetapp.com> wrote: > >> > >> import futures > > > > +1 on the idea, -1 on the name. It's too similar to "from __future__ import > > ...". > > Futures is a common term for this, and implemented named this in other > languages. I don't think we should be adopting things that are common, > and found elsewhere and then renaming them.
Another common term for this is a "promise". -- Curt Hagenlocher c...@hagenlocher.org _______________________________________________ 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
