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[Python-Dev] PEP 250, site-python, site-packages

[Python-Dev] PEP 250, site-python, site-packagesFred L. Drake, Jr. fdrake@acm.org
Tue, 3 Jul 2001 10:09:37 -0400 (EDT)
Greg Ward writes:
 > Oh yeah, another thing I vaguely recall from the pre-Distutils-0.1 era:
 > Guido doesn't (didn't?) like site-python and wanted to deprecate it.
 > Perhaps the above paragraph explains why.

  Another reason not to use site-python is that it is actually still
hard to write cross-version Python code -- there are enough
differences that any substantial volume of code (and in Python, you
don't need many KLoC to get substantial code!) is bound to encounter a
few, especially if you get used to using only Python 2.0+ -- it's easy
to get used to features like string methods, list comprehensions, and
augmented assignment!
  The site-packages directory was introduced to avoid the deficiencies
of the site-python directory.


  -Fred

-- 
Fred L. Drake, Jr.  <fdrake at acm.org>
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