* separated values

[Magnus Lie Hetland]

In article <mailman.1011171562.25071.python-list at python.org>, Oleg
Broytmann wrote:
>On Tue, Jan 15, 2002 at 10:24:44PM +0000, Magnus Lie Hetland wrote:
>> >> I think I've seen questions about CSV often enough to be sick of them,
>> >> so it seems likely that CSV is worth adding.
>> >
>> >   Are you saying that the library is growing not becasue our developers
>> >are smart, but because our users are stupid?
>> 
>> Sorry for kicking the troll, but what do you mean by this? The fact
>
>   Users who write their own modules instead of looking for already created
>are stupid. And those who ask here instead of using search engines are
>double stupid. But this stupidity is not a reason to include a module in
>the library.

OK. Perhaps you could give me an equally lucid definition of arrogant?

>> that many people need CSV is a valid reason for standard lib
>> inclusion.
>
>   I dont think so. Many people need image processing, audiofile
>processing, they need this and they need that. Should all modules for this
>and that be included into the libraray? I don't think so. The library
>should contains basic modules and distutils.

So what is your definition of basic here? How much should we, in your
opinion, remove from the standard library? (It wouldn't seem to be
very basic at the moment...)

>Oleg.

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