Re: [Python-Dev] Propose to reject PEP 313 -- Adding Roman Numeral Literals to Python

2005-06-18 Thread Martin v. Löwis
BJörn Lindqvist wrote: > Would it also be possible for the PEP-maintainers not to accept PEPs > that are obvious jokes unless thedate is April I? I believe this is the current policy. Why do you think the PEP editor works differently? Regards, Martin __

Re: [Python-Dev] Propose to reject PEP 313 -- Adding Roman Numeral Literals to Python

2005-06-18 Thread BJörn Lindqvist
*cough* Would it also be possible for the PEP-maintainers not to accept PEPs that are obvious jokes unless thedate is April I? *uncough* -- mvh Björn ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Un

Re: [Python-Dev] Propose to reject PEP 313 -- Adding Roman Numeral Literals to Python

2005-06-17 Thread Guido van Rossum
+M to reject. On 6/16/05, Raymond Hettinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > While the majority of Python users deem this to be a nice-to-have > feature, the community has been unable to reach a consensus on the > proper syntax after more than two years of intensive debate (the PEP was > introduced in

Re: [Python-Dev] Propose to reject PEP 313 -- Adding Roman Numeral Literals to Python

2005-06-17 Thread Tim Peters
[Raymond Hettinger] >> While the majority of Python users deem this to be a nice-to-have >> feature [Barry Warsaw] > Really? Where's the supporting poll data? We've run IV polls since this PEP was introduced, and the geometric mean of those shows LXVIII% of Python users strongly in favor (+I), a

Re: [Python-Dev] Propose to reject PEP 313 -- Adding Roman Numeral Literals to Python

2005-06-17 Thread Barry Warsaw
On Fri, 2005-06-17 at 02:39, Raymond Hettinger wrote: > While the majority of Python users deem this to be a nice-to-have > feature Really? Where's the supporting poll data? In over 10 years of Python programming, I've never once needed a Roman number literal. Worse, I don't buy the compatibili

[Python-Dev] Propose to reject PEP 313 -- Adding Roman Numeral Literals to Python

2005-06-16 Thread Raymond Hettinger
While the majority of Python users deem this to be a nice-to-have feature, the community has been unable to reach a consensus on the proper syntax after more than two years of intensive debate (the PEP was introduced in early April 2003). Most agree that there should be only-one-way-to-do-it; howe