[Python-Dev] PEP 411 - request for pronouncement

[Lennart Regebro]

On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 10:51, Eli Bendersky <eliben at gmail.com> wrote:
> The PEP received mostly positive feedback. The only undecided point is
> where to specify that the package is provisional. Currently the PEP
> mandates to specify it in the documentation and in the docstring.
> Other suggestions were to put it in the code, either as a
> __provisional__ attribute on the module, or collect all such modules
> in a single sys.provisional list.

I'm not sure what the usecase is for checking in code if a module is
provisional or not. It doesn't seem useful, and risks being
unmaintained, especially when the flag is on the module itself.

//Lennart