Hi, Titus. I’m not sure if this fits the bill, but this is the discussion that led to PEP 498 and f-strings: https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-ideas/2015-July/034657.html
-- Eric V. Smith (301) 502-0945 cell > On Nov 29, 2019, at 9:02 AM, C. Titus Brown <ctbr...@ucdavis.edu> wrote: > > Hi folks, > > I’m working on some help documentation for python-ideas and first-time > contributors, and I’d like to include a few examples of discussions that were > productive and led to changes. I browsed through the archives and found a few > positive and negative examples (below) but didn’t find one that led to a full > PEP proposal (I know they’re rare!) I’d like to crowdsource this and get some > good examples from y’all, if you don’t mind. > > If people have any exemplar discussions in mind, could you drop them to me > privately? Thanks in advance! > > (Threads from python-dev also welcome, but my intent is to show people new to > the python-ideas list what they should expect.) > > best, > —titus > > —— > > ** Brief thread about bad fit with Python philosophy: > > Specific equality method for hashable objects > https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-ideas@python.org/thread/X2FXOYZ4GMA7CGEVQRZQDKSG2QNNHBQQ/ > > ** Brief thread about a simple fix that could be implemented without a PEP: > > Add a `dir_fd` parameter to `os.truncate`? > https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-ideas@python.org/thread/RLW76DIEBUS5XGFA32223UUSFRXWQT5V/ > > ** Brief thread about not using undocumented Windows APIs in the stdlib: > > Add subprocess.Popen suspend() and resume() > https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-ideas@python.org/thread/NNNCG4IKUB4XYC7ZXLY4BCUG533MQJQY/ > > ** A long discussion of small changes that adjusted PEPs but did not require > a new one: > > PEP: Dict addition and subtraction > https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-ideas@python.org/thread/KLDQAPOIJEANCKYCHQZ536WHQ45I6UVW/ > > ** Clarification of behavior leading to documentation fix, no PEP required: > > Fix documentation for __instancecheck__ > https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-ideas@python.org/thread/5BPDKWIBO3B4A7WPDGYR3YVCFQTFIBDX/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Python-ideas mailing list -- python-ideas@python.org > To unsubscribe send an email to python-ideas-le...@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-ideas.python.org/ > Message archived at > https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-ideas@python.org/message/KUH6UQVT3LKLHTNPP6RSZZ4J2YLSM33K/ > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
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