On Mon, 23 Jul 2018 06:53:53 +1000 Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> Which is back to what Steven said: people demand such a high > >> bar for new syntax that few existing pieces of syntax would pass it. > > > > Probably. That's what happens when a language is mature. Personally I > > don't think that's a bad thing. > > I do. It means people place crazily high demands on new proposals.
"Crazy" is just a personal judgement. I do think high (and even very high) demands are entirely justified by the language's maturity. > Imagine if we were talking about people, rather than features in a > language; imagine if, to join the Warriors Guild, you had to first > slay a red dragon with nothing but a rusty dagger, despite none of the > existing members having done so. This is the silliest analogy I have seen on this list for a very long time. If someone thinks getting their PEP accepted is like belonging to a « Warriors Guild » (whatever that is in the real world), I'd question their motivations for contributing. Regards Antoine. _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list Python-ideas@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
