On Fri, Mar 22, 2002, Guido van Rossum wrote: > > Why isn't that YAGNI? To me it feels like this is YAGNI for most > users; we're designing a library module here, not a Zope component. > > I'd be happy to find a different principle with a catchy name (maybe > the 80% principle or KISS are better) but I still think your use case > is pretty unusual. +1 on "80%" Three reasons: * "Explicit is better than implicit" * YAGNI is a falsehood when directed at someone who does need the feature, even though you're using the plural "you" * I can never remember what YAGNI stands for; it's not that common, even here on python-dev -- Aahz (aahz@pythoncraft.com) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ "We should forget about small efficiencies, about 97% of the time. Premature optimization is the root of all evil." --Knuth
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