[Python-Dev] Re: [Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Lib types.py,1.26,1.27

[M.-A. Lemburg]

Kevin Jacobs wrote:
> On Thu, 23 May 2002, Skip Montanaro wrote:
> 
>>I'm not.  You were the one who brought up maybe deprecating it.   If it's
>>not going to be deprecated I see no reason it should not provide names for
>>all the builtin types.
> 
> 
> Pointless semantic arguments aside, I agree with Skip.  I don't care how
> many other ways we provide to spell types: until the types module is
> depricated, I do not see why it should be intentionally broken by not
> covering all builtin types (unless thus breaking the module is a slimy way
> of encouraging its deprication, in which case I will object on procedural
> grounds).
> 
> The current state of afairs is clearly un-Pythonic -- there IS more than one
> way to do many things.  However, the types module is by far one of the more
> benign places where this is happening.  e.g., concurrently having two
> distinct class implementations isn't exactly Pythonic either.  So everyone
> should realize that the 2.2 release have left a great number of things in
> flux, especially in the type system.  Once the dust settles, we need to take
> a hard look at where we are, where we need to go, and how we plan to get
> there.  These steps MUST include wisdom from both theoretical AND empirical
> study of the problems, or else we risk losing the essential characteristics
> that made us want to write our programs in Python in the first place.
> 
> Please, lets keep our urges for microscopic language-lawyering in check for
> now.  Everyone is making very clever arguments, and we're all really
> impressed, but this argument has turned into a pointless wank-fest.  There
> are bigger conceptual fish to fry and real bugs to fix.  So leave the silly
> BooleanType declaration in types -- it hurts nobody and keeps our house in
> good order until we decide if/when we want to tear that part down.

+1

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