[Python-Dev] IDLE patches - bugfix or not?

[Anthony Baxter]

On Wednesday 16 August 2006 06:19, Jim Jewett wrote:
> I just uploaded a series of IDLE patches, but I'm not quite sure how
> to classify them on the feature/bugfix scale now that the last beta is
> out.
>
> >From most to least buggish:
>
> python.org/sf/1540892 -- honor the new quit() behavior.  On the other
> hand, it was documented that this didn't work in IDLE, and it is
> *possible* that someone was counting on this.

This seems like a sensible thing to add.

> python.org/sf/1540851 -- with is now a blockopener, and should be
> counted as such -- I *think* this one would be safe, but I know that
> changing a parser can be surprising, and I suppose it *could* wait
> until with no longer requires a future statement.

If this can be done safely, it should be done. Preferably before RC1, so that 
we have time to fix any issues it shows up.

> python.org/sf/1540874 -- broken shortcut keys.  On windows, only one
> entry per menu can be reached with the same shortcut letter, so
> advertising others is just an attractive nuisance.  I'm not sure that
> other systems wouldn't be able to use the hidden shortcuts.

Tough call. I guess it depends on the other systems - I will try this on Linux 
at least, and see if it works there. If it's broken everywhere, then changing 
it would seem the least offensive choice.

> python.org/sf/1540869 -- GUI fix.  The current code puts in a
> separator using a magic number (and has XXX comments about it.)  This
> changes the magic number so that the separator is more visible, but
> I'm not sure the old behavior rose to a bug, or that it wasn't
> platform dependent.

Let's leave this one for 2.6.

> python.org/sf/1540849 -- except too broad.  I wouldn't suggest
> applying this late in the release cycle, except that it seems sort of
> like the memory errors that are still being patched.

I'd be concerned that this might cause other obscure behaviour changes, and so 
I'd prefer to leave this to 2.6.


Anthony
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