> On 26 Jul 2019, at 22:53, Guido van Rossum <gu...@python.org> wrote:
>
> Serhiy proposed a relatively minor change to the behavior of `import *` in
> the absence of __all__. This sounds like an idea we could try though we
> should have a look at the implications for various well-known packages. It is
> also a relatively minor problem that he's trying to solve, so it's not worth
> breaking lots of stuff over. (We can just add an __all__ to Tkinter that
> contains the desired list.)
>
> Anders then stole Serhiy's thread to advocate fora much more radical idea.
> That's not good netiquette. That idea is going to break a lot more code than
> Serhiy's. But my key message here is to Anders: stay on topic or start a new
> thread. You're welcome to discuss your idea in a separate thread. But don't
> steal existing threads.
I respectfully disagree. Sure I advocated for a more radical idea, but one that
solves the original problem and also other problems. That doesn't seem like
stealing a thread to me but offering another perspective on the problem at
hand. Taking a step back and getting a bigger picture seems like a good thing.
We're just throwing ideas around after all.
/ Anders
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