PEP 313 - Roman numeral literals

Dave Brueck dave at pythonapocrypha.com
Tue Apr 1 17:12:40 EST 2003


On Tue, 1 Apr 2003, Jack Diederich wrote:

> On Tue, Apr 01, 2003 at 01:01:14PM -0800, Dave Brueck wrote:
> > On Tue, 1 Apr 2003, Mike Meyer wrote:
> >
> > > PEP: 313
> > > Title: Adding Roman Numeral Literals to Python
> >
> > Before we submit this to the BDFL, I propose that we wait a short while to
> > give the community an opportunity to debate its merits, followed by a
> > vote, just so Guido can get idea of where the community stands. Further, I
> > propose that Aahz be the official vote counter. Does anybody have any
> > preferences as to the voting method we should use?
>
> Yes, I propose we reuse an idea from the ternary vote.
> In order to demostrate understanding of the proposal your preferences should
> be listed in order, with the enumeration done in valid roman numerals.

Brilliant! +I for PEP CCCXIII!

-Dave





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