[Python-Dev] breaking list.append()

[Greg Stein]

On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, Ken Manheimer wrote:
>...
> None the less, for those practicing it, the incorrectness of it will be
> fresh news.  I would be less sympathetic with them if there was recent
> warning, eg, the schedule for changing it in the next release was part of
> the current release.  But if you tell somebody you're going to change
> something, and then don't for a few years, you probably need to renew the
> warning before you make the change.  Don't you think so?  Why not?

I agree.

Note that Guido posted a note to c.l.py on Monday. I believe that meets
your notification criteria.

Cheers,
-g

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Greg Stein, http://www.lyra.org/