[Python-ideas] gofmt for Python: standardized styling as a language feature

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 12:55:17AM +0000, Nicholas Chammas wrote:

> This is my first time posting to python-ideas. (I subscribed today.) I
> gather from Andrew and Steven's responses that ideas discussed on this list
> are supposed to be more "fully baked" than my proposal here. My apologies.

Not necessarily. This list frequently includes half-baked ideas, but the 
"bigger" the proposal, the more baked it should be to be taken 
seriously. I can proposal that Python should include a fully-functioning 
self-aware computer AI, but unless I actually have a fully-functioning 
self-aware AI written in Python to include, I might as well just wish 
for a flying pony. On the other hand, "Add math.zero through math.ten 
constants" doesn't need anything but a proposal to be discussed.

Still, occassionally its useful to make a really big proposal. Even if 
it doesn't end up being accepted, it might lead somewhere interesting.



-- 
Steve