[stdlib-sig] proposed removal: the types module

[Barry Warsaw]

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On Apr 3, 2008, at 7:39 AM, M.-A. Lemburg wrote:
> On 2008-04-03 13:24, Brett Cannon wrote:
>> You can just call 'type' on something to get the type needed.
>
> Well, yes, but that's just what the types module does, isn't it ?
>
> It's really just a more practical way of getting at the type
> object than having to create a temporary object just to get
> at the type object.
>
> For basic types you don't need it (e.g. int, float, str, etc.),
> but there are quite a few types in Python that don't have a
> builtin constructor, e.g. methods, modules, instances, etc.

Plus, there are a few types in there that are difficult or impossible  
to get from Python.

- -1 unless you can find another place to stash such types.

- -Barry

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