On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 11:56 AM, <s...@pobox.com> wrote: > >>> import futures > >> > >> +1 on the idea, -1 on the name. It's too similar to "from __future__ > import > >> ...". > > Jesse> Futures is a common term for this, and implemented named this in > Jesse> other languages. I don't think we should be adopting things that > Jesse> are common, and found elsewhere and then renaming them. > > Perhaps, but is it a common term for Python programmers (or the target > population for Python)? I've never heard of it. "futures" to me are > futures contracts in a trading environment (that's the industry I work in). > No matter how well known the term is in the environment where it's used > today you have to be sensitive to other meanings of the term. >
It's a common programming term. I don't think we should make a new name - I mean, how many different names for green threads / coroutines or "flavors" of those concepts are out there because someone painted the bike shed a different color? I mean, there's prior art here: http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/concurrent/Future.html jesse _______________________________________________ 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
