I shouldn't let it bother me, but that "Sent from my iPhone" cruft really gets under my skin. -- Carl Smith carl.in...@gmail.com
On Mon, 4 Feb 2019 at 11:17, Paul Moore <p.f.mo...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, 4 Feb 2019 at 05:36, Christopher Barker <python...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > This is getting pretty off toipic, but I want to point out hat as a > rule, Python has been critisised more for having too MUCH cnage than too > little over the last few years: > [...] > > Finally, what the heck is wrong with datetime.now ? > > Surely what's wrong is the fact that it adds another item to the list > of changes that people will complain is "too much"? The conservatism > in Python's development is not a result of the core devs being change > averse, or because of a policy of blocking change. Rather it's because > *the user community* reacts so strongly when we change things, so that > we feel that stability is what our users want, and try to achieve that > while still balancing the need for the language to grow and develop. > > In a list like this, which represents only a tiny fraction of Python's > user community, it's easy to misjudge the appetite Python's users have > for change, because this is a self-selecting group of people who are > interested in change. That's why the pushback on *any* proposal made > here is to ask what benefits it gives, and why in the absence of good > arguments for a change, "the status quo wins". > > Paul > > PS Personally, I'd love to add a lot of the ideas discussed in this > list (although I'm "meh" about datetime.now, it's at best a minor > annoyance). But with my "python developer" hat on I have to look > beyond that and try to help proposers develop a good case for their > suggestions (if indeed they do have sufficient merit). Just saying > "yay, that sounds cool" doesn't do that, even if it's my personal > instinct. > _______________________________________________ > Python-ideas mailing list > Python-ideas@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ >
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