[Python-Dev] Oddity PEP 0 key

[MRAB]

Michael Foord wrote:
> MRAB wrote:
>> Benjamin Peterson wrote:
>>> 2009/5/1 MRAB <google at mrabarnett.plus.com>:
>>>> I've just noticed an oddity in the key in PEP 0. Most letters are used
>>>> more than once. Wouldn't it be clearer if different letters were used
>>>> for "Accepted" and "Active" instead of them both being 'A', for 
>>>> example?
>>>>
>>>> -> A - Accepted proposal
>>>> -> R - Rejected proposal
>>>>   W - Withdrawn proposal
>>>> -> D - Deferred proposal
>>>>   F - Final proposal
>>>> -> A - Active proposal
>>>> -> D - Draft proposal
>>>> -> R - Replaced proposal
>>>
>>> Yes, that makes more sense. Would you like to submit a patch against
>>> the PEP 0 generator? (It's in peps/pep0)
>>>
>> I'm still trying to think which letters to use!
> 
> P for Proposal (to replace Active Proposal)? Every active PEP is a 
> proposal...
> 
The full list is:

S - Standards Track PEP
I - Informational PEP
P - Process PEP

A - Accepted proposal
R - Rejected proposal
W - Withdrawn proposal
D - Deferred proposal
F - Final proposal
A - Active proposal
D - Draft proposal
R - Replaced proposal

using one letter from each set.

 From looking more closely at the code:

Only 'Informational' or 'Process' PEPs can be 'Active'.

'Draft' and 'Active' are shown as a single space instead of 'D' or 'A'.

Therefore:

S - Standards Track PEP
I - Informational PEP
P - Process PEP

A - Accepted proposal
R - Rejected proposal
W - Withdrawn proposal
D - Deferred proposal
F - Final proposal
[A - Active proposal # blank, so can be omitted from key]
[D - Draft proposal  # blank, so can be omitted from key]
R - Replaced proposal

leaving just 'Rejected' and 'Replaced' to be disambiguated.