[Python-Dev] Banishing apply(), buffer(), coerce(), and intern()

[Raymond Hettinger]

> Raymond Hettinger wrote:
> 
> > [...]
> >>As always, be careful with doing peephole changes to the standard
> >>library -- historically, we've seen a 1-5% error rate in these
change
> >>sets that persists for months or years afterwards.
> >
> > FWIW, Walter and I did a bunch of these for Py2.3 and had excellent
> > success because of a good process.

[Walter]
> If you're willing to review the patch, I'm going to give it a try.

The honor of second review should go to Anthony ;-)  This is his itch.
If a third review is needed to make it error free, I would be happy to
accommodate.


Raymond