PEP for new modules (I read PEP 2)
Christoph Becker-Freyseng
webmaster at beyond-thoughts.com
Fri Jan 16 07:05:18 EST 2004
Martin v. Löwis wrote:
> Christoph Becker-Freyseng wrote:
>
>> So basically I want to relocate the real Specification, because the
>> more specific it gets the more it looks like a documentation and the
>> prePEP grows and grows ...
>>
>>
>> Is this a valid option for a PEP?
>
>
> If you are asking: "Can we have an implementation before we write the
> PEP?", the answer is "Certainly, yes".
>
> The PEP procedure is designed to avoid wasting efforts in implementing
> ideas that have no chance to ever get accepted to the Python core.
> If this is no concern for you (i.e. you are willing to accept the risk
> of wasting efforts), you can certainly implement the thing, wait for
> user feedback, and then write the PEP.
So if I do it this way, the PEP will not have to contain all the
features of such a module but just a link to the documentation, which
will describe all the classes, functions etc.?
Thank You,
Christoph Becker-Freyseng
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