[Python-Dev] Re: docs: I'd like new features to references their PEPs

2020-09-13 Thread Ned Deily
On Sep 14, 2020, at 01:07, Cameron Simpson wrote: > On 13Sep2020 20:51, Guido van Rossum wrote: >> On Sun, Sep 13, 2020 at 8:12 PM Cameron Simpson wrote: >>> As a concrete example, for __length_hint__ and operator.length_hint, >>> I >>> wish that in addition to saying "New in version 3.4", it a

[Python-Dev] Re: docs: I'd like new features to references their PEPs

2020-09-13 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 13Sep2020 20:51, Guido van Rossum wrote: >On Sun, Sep 13, 2020 at 8:12 PM Cameron Simpson wrote: >> As a concrete example, for __length_hint__ and operator.length_hint, >> I >> wish that in addition to saying "New in version 3.4", it also said >> "specified by PEP424 [link]", since I had to g

[Python-Dev] Re: docs: I'd like new features to references their PEPs

2020-09-13 Thread Guido van Rossum
On Sun, Sep 13, 2020 at 8:12 PM Cameron Simpson wrote: > So, today I noticed __length_hint__, and then operator.length_hint. > Neither mentions its design purpose, only its specification. And while > that is minimally enough, knowing the purpoe (size estimation for use by > presized allocation op

[Python-Dev] docs: I'd like new features to references their PEPs

2020-09-13 Thread Cameron Simpson
So, today I noticed __length_hint__, and then operator.length_hint. Neither mentions its design purpose, only its specification. And while that is minimally enough, knowing the purpoe (size estimation for use by presized allocation operations) lets an implementor write something more appropria

[Python-Dev] Re: Call for papers for PyCon 2020

2020-09-13 Thread Claudio Jolowicz
Dear Amna, thank you for your interest in my talk, and sorry for the late reply. Unfortunately, I won't be able to make it this year. Please feel free to reach out again in the future. Wishing you all the best, and thank you for organizing this conference :) Claudio On Thu, 6 Aug 2020 at 18:22, Am