On 15-May-07, at 12:32 AM, Georg Brandl wrote: > > There are two problems with this: > * The set of questions is limited, and bots can be programmed to > know them all.
Sure, but if someone is customizing their bot to python's issue tracker, in all likelyhood they would have to be dealt with specially anyway. Foiling automated bots shoud be the first priority--they should represent the vast majority of cases. > * Even programmers might not immediately know an answer, and I can > understand > them turning away on that occasion (take for example the "name- > binding" term). It would be hard to make it so easy that anyone with business submitting a bug report should know the answer: What python keyword is used to define a function? What file extension is typically used for python source files? etc. If there is still worry, then a failed answer could simply be the moderation trigger. -Mike _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
