I'm sure there is any exemplary threads -- I don't recall one where we didn't wonder off into the weeds, and repeat heck out of ourselves :-)
But this one wasn't too bad: https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-ideas/2015-January/030947.html Lead to PEP 485 -- A Function for testing approximate equality Which was implemented. It helped that it was a pretty darn minor issue -- adding a function to the stdlib is an inherently lighter lift than any kind of language change. -CHB On Fri, Nov 29, 2019 at 6:02 AM C. Titus Brown <[email protected]> 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/[email protected]/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/[email protected]/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/[email protected]/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/[email protected]/thread/KLDQAPOIJEANCKYCHQZ536WHQ45I6UVW/ > > ** Clarification of behavior leading to documentation fix, no PEP required: > > Fix documentation for __instancecheck__ > > https://mail.python.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/5BPDKWIBO3B4A7WPDGYR3YVCFQTFIBDX/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Python-ideas mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-ideas.python.org/ > Message archived at > https://mail.python.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/KUH6UQVT3LKLHTNPP6RSZZ4J2YLSM33K/ > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ > -- Christopher Barker, PhD Python Language Consulting - Teaching - Scientific Software Development - Desktop GUI and Web Development - wxPython, numpy, scipy, Cython
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