Okay, next time I'll ask on python-ideas. (I do hope that no one there will be angry that I'm posting a question there rather than an idea...)
On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 7:41 PM, Brett Cannon <br...@python.org> wrote: > > > > On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 12:33 PM, Ram Rachum <r...@rachum.com> wrote: > >> I knew it didn't exist by that name, but couldn't know whether there was >> another function that did the same thing or technique to make it not needed. >> >> So I couldn't know whether it's new or not, therefore I couldn't know >> whether it should be on python-ideas or not. >> > > So then you were simply wondering about its existence, for which you > should go to python-list or python-ideas first. Python-ideas exists > *explicitly* as a filter for this kind of question which is why people are > saying it should have gone there first (or to python-list). > > If you have any doubt as to whether a question should go here or not, then > err on the side of caution and post to python-ideas or python-list first. > > -Brett > > >> >> >> >> On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 7:31 PM, Brett Cannon <br...@python.org> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 11:46 AM, Ram Rachum <r...@rachum.com> wrote: >>> >>>> You see, Antoine, *you* know that it's better asked on python-ideas >>>> because you know it doesn't exist in Python, therefore it's an idea for an >>>> addition. However, when a person like me asks this question, he does not >>>> know whether it exists or not, so he can't know whether he's proposing a >>>> new idea or whether it's something that exists under a different name or >>>> whether that's something that can't exist because of some unknown reason >>>> that the asker didn't think of. >>>> >>>> Now that I know it doesn't exist, I'll ask this on python-ideas. >>>> >>> >>> I think there might be a language issue here because you originally said >>> "Why is there no str.rreplace in Python?" which shows you already knew >>> it didn't exist. Did you mean to say you wanted to know *why* it didn't >>> exist? >>> >>> Even in that case, if searching for [python str.rreplace] didn't turn up >>> anything then chances are there was no proposal, which makes it a new idea >>> and thus belongs on python-ideas. Basically the rule of thumb is anything >>> considered new goes to python-ideas first. >>> >> >> >
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