[Python-Dev] "funny".split("")

[David Abrahams]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Peters" <tim@zope.com>

> [David]
> > it seems to me thatt's cleaner to tell the people who think it's
> > nonsensical "don't do that" and give the rest the behavior they
expect.
>
> This argument can be given by a person verbatim no matter which of the
three
> identified behaviors they happen to prefer.  Therefore it argues for
none of
> them in particular.

If they all think their result is sensible, then I agree. Your previous
message implied that those who didn't agree with Chris were shrugging
and saying, "well, it's nonsense, but if it has to do something it does
*this*: ..."

-Dave