[Python-Dev] PEP 3148 ready for pronouncement
Greg Ewing
greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz
Mon May 24 01:51:26 CEST 2010
Brian Quinlan wrote:
> The good news in this case is that the same API has been used
> successfully in Java and C++ for years so it is unlikely that any major
> changes will need to be made.
That doesn't follow. An API that's appropriate for Java or
C++ is not necessarily appropriate for Python. Slavishly
copying an API from another language is often not the best
approach when designing an API for a Python module.
--
Greg
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