[Python-Dev] A "day of silence" on PEP 572?

Ryan Gonzalez rymg19 at gmail.com
Fri Jul 6 19:18:28 EDT 2018


On July 6, 2018 5:04:05 PM Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net> wrote:

>
> (or contact the PEP's authors
> privately).
>

Hoenstly, this feels like a recipe for a disaster...


> As for the other kinds of threads, as much as I dislike PEP 572, they
> are useless now.
>
> Regards
>
> Antoine.
>
>
> On Fri, 6 Jul 2018 23:50:46 +0200
> Victor Stinner <vstinner at redhat.com> wrote:
>> Last week I proposed to create a mailing list dedicated to discuss only the
>> PEP 572, but nobody reacted to my idea (on python-commiters). Then Guido
>> van Rossum announced his intent to approve it. So I am not sure if a
>> mailing list is still needed if the PEP will be approved soon.
>>
>> Victor
>>
>> Le vendredi 6 juillet 2018, Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net> a écrit :
>> >
>> > I would gladly welcome a PEP 572-less development mailing-list.
>> >
>> > Regards
>> >
>> > Antoine.
>> >
>> >
>> > On Fri, 6 Jul 2018 22:29:47 +0300
>> > Ivan Pozdeev via Python-Dev <python-dev at python.org> wrote:
>> >> On 06.07.2018 1:40, Guido van Rossum wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > Thanks you for writing up a proposal. There have been many proposals
>> >> > made, including 'EXPR as NAME', similar to yours. It even has a small
>> >> > section in the PEP:
>> >> > https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0572/#alternative-spellings. It's
>> >> > really hard to choose between alternatives, but all things considered
>> >> > I have decided in favor of `NAME := EXPR` instead. Your efforts are
>> >> > appreciated but you would just be wasting your time if you wrote a
>> >> > PEP. If you're interested in helping out, would you be interested in
>> >> > working on the implementation of PEP 572?
>> >> >
>> >> Maybe we should call for subj? Not a day most probably, rather however
>> >> much time is needed.
>> >>
>> >> AFAICS, all the arguments have already been told and retold. So we
>> >> should probably give Guido some peace of mind until he officially
>> >> accepts the PEP or whatever he decides.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Regards,
>> >> Ivan
>> >
>> >
>> >
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