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[Python-Dev] IDLE in the stdlib

Georg Brandl g.brandl at gmx.net
Thu Mar 21 21:38:41 CET 2013 
Am 21.03.2013 19:13, schrieb Antoine Pitrou:
> On Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:57:54 -0700
> Raymond Hettinger <raymond.hettinger at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> On Mar 20, 2013, at 12:38 PM, Barry Warsaw <barry at python.org> wrote:
>> 
>> > Right.  Ultimately, I think IDLE should be a separate project entirely, but I
>> > guess there's push back against that too.
>> 
>> The most important feature of IDLE is that it ships with the standard library.
>> Everyone who clicks on the Windows MSI on the python.org webpage
>> automatically has IDLE.   That is why I frequently teach Python with IDLE.
>> 
>> If this thread results in IDLE being ripped out of the standard distribution,
>> then I would likely never use it again.
> 
> Which says a lot about its usefulness, if the only reason you use it is
> that it's bundled with the standard distribution.

Just like a lot of the stdlib, it *gets* a lot of usefulness from being a
battery.  But just because there are better/more comprehensive/prettier
replacements out there is not reason enough to remove standard libraries.

Georg
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