[Python-Dev] PEP 371: Additional Discussion

[Brett Cannon]

On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 3:08 PM, Jesse Noller <jnoller at gmail.com> wrote:
> Also - we could leave in stubs to match the threading api - Guido, David
> Goodger and others really prefer not to continue the "broken" API of the
> threading API
>

+1 from me. Gives a transition plan for people to move over to the new API.

-Brett

> On Jun 3, 2008, at 5:43 PM, "Raymond Hettinger" <python at rcn.com> wrote:
>
>>>> * The API will become PEP 8 compliant
>>>
>>> Doesn't that kill the intent that it's a drop-in replacement for
>>> threading?
>>
>> IMO, it is essential that the API match the theading module, PEP 8 be
>> damned.
>>
>>
>> Raymond
>>
>>
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