[Python-ideas] Python-ideas Digest, Vol 90, Issue 30

[Donald Stufft]

On May 21, 2014, at 6:51 PM, Ned Batchelder <ned at nedbatchelder.com> wrote:

>> * I sympathize with "there is an irritating dimple in coverage.py"
>> but that hasn't actually impaired its usability beyond creating a
>> curiosity.  Using that a reason to add a new CPython-only
>> command-line switch seems like having the tail wag the dog.
> I don't think you should dismiss real users' concerns as a curiosity.  We already have -X as a way to provide implementation-specific switches, I'm not sure why the CPython-only nature of this is an issue?

I think it has impacted it’s usability. I’ve certainly burned some amount of time trying to figure out why an optimized line was showing up as uncovered.

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