[issue40059] Provide a toml module in the standard library

[Brett Cannon]

Brett Cannon <brett at python.org> added the comment:

> I just noticed that tomli has dropped support for Python 3.6. That's a road block for general adoption of the package in the Python ecosystem.

It's already in pip, so I think it's already generally adopted 😉. https://github.com/pypa/pip/tree/main/src/pip/_vendor/tomli

> Is my understanding correct that this issue is blocked on SC guidance?

Not officially, no. But I'm personally not going to bring it forward right now. If someone else wants to formulate a complete proposal for the SC on this then they are definitely welcome to! You will need to address where the code is coming from, why that code should be used, what's the API, etc.

The only reason the SC is mentioned here is there will be a discussion about how to maintain the stdlib, but it simply hasn't happened yet. You don't have to wait for it and asking for a TOML module might actually force the issue.

> Is there anything we could do in advance of SC guidance that would be productive?

Nope, someone eventually has to have the time to make the proposal and manage the deluge of comments.

> Is there a good place to follow along or be notified of SC thoughts?

https://github.com/python/steering-council as you already pointed out through the issues and monthly summaries. Otherwise you just need to open an issue and ask. 😃

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