[Python-Dev] Re: Other situations like this
Guido van Rossum
guido@digicool.com
Fri, 23 Feb 2001 07:28:17 -0500
> [Guido]
> > We also believe that the magical import mechanism is useful
> > enough to be reused for other situations like this; Tim will
> > draft a PEP to describe in excruciating detail.
>
> [Jeremy Hylton]
> > ...
> > I'm happy to hear that Tim will draft this PEP. He didn't mention it
> > at lunch today or I would have given him a big hug (or bought him a
> > Coke).
>
> Guido's msg was the first I heard of it too. I think this is the same
> process by which I got assigned to change Windows imports: the issue came
> up, and I opened my mouth <-0.9 wink>.
Oops. I swear I heard you offer to write it. I guess all you said
was that it should be written. Oh well. Somebody will write it. :-)
Looks like Tim's proposed __future__.py is in good shape already.
--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)