[Python-Dev] ascii default encoding

[Gordon McMillan]

M.-A. Lemburg,

> Thomas Wouters wrote:

[deprecate / depreciate]

> It seems that one is stronger than the other. I'll stick with the
> weaker one ;-)

One is passive. Your new car depreciates in value, whether 
Guido says it should or not.
 
> > > > Besides, 'string.join' is a good compromise for the people
> > > > who don't like " ".join()

> Fine... but it'll cause a performance hit when used in tight
> loops (function call + method lookup). They should use somehting
> like:
> 
>  spacejoin = ' '.join
>  spacejoin(sequence)
> 
> instead.   

It's become very obvious that you haven't read c.l.py in quite 
awhile.

- Gordon