[Python-Dev] what level of backward compatibility? how
Guido van Rossum
guido at python.org
Fri May 7 10:31:46 EDT 2004
> > I have a different POV. I don't think there is a compelling reason to
> > change this attribute into a set (I doubt it's so time-critical as to
> > make a difference) and given that the attribute isn't flagged as
> > "private" by having a name starting with underscore, I think the
> > change ought to be reverted.
[Fred]
> I'd like to suggest that we either document the "right way" to extend the
> information to support new URL schemes, and possibly add a function as the
> way to do that. Having to update a whole set of lists from outside the
> module seems a poor and error-prone way to do this.
Let's be conservative and not change the code just because the
(rarely-needed) API is a bit ugly. Let's just document the existing
way and not declare old code that uses it out of date.
--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)
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