[Python-Dev] PEP 408 -- Standard library __preview__ package

Barry Warsaw barry at python.org
Sat Jan 28 19:14:36 CET 2012


On Jan 28, 2012, at 09:15 AM, Guido van Rossum wrote:

>So I do not support the __preview__ package. I think we're better off
>flagging experimental modules in the docs than in their name. For the
>specific case of the regex module, the best way to adoption may just
>be to include it in the stdlib as regex and keep it there. Any other
>solution will just cause too much anxiety.

+1

What does the PEP give you above this "simple as possible" solution?

-Barry


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