> > > This is pretty much how I thought things worked for all built-in > packages until this thread came up. Is there any reason to not do this > for all of stdlib? > > > _______________________________________________ > Python-ideas mailing list > Python-ideas@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ >
Yes: https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0206/#batteries-included-philosophy I can't find it but there is a great story about a guy needing to do a source code analysis in total isolation (not even a usb key or a cd) and the computer has nothing installed but Python. He gets by because Python is very useful "as is". I can say the same. When I log in on bare debian / centos or if I'm on a locked mac os. When i'm on a place or in a remote place in Africa. When I'm with customers locking down all the network with NDA, security badge and paranoia for desert... I can count on Python to be there for me and hashlib the stuff, etree thingy, zipfile the foo and uuid all the bars. It's a major feature. I can live without typing, but I would hate having to pip install a json parser. _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list Python-ideas@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/