brett cannon liivppythonorg tue apr 29 2008 507 nick coghlan wrote raymond hettinger wrote userlistuserstring done 30 note updated moved collections module py30 anydbm dbmtools 1_ whichdb dbmtools 1_ better naming suggestions dbmtools original names seem much informative maybe theyre informative youve using long time nondbapi user anydbm seems generic dbmtools whichdbwhichdb redundant dbmtoolsopen dbmtoolswhichdb seem fine names functions modules renamed stub modules created original names kept directory within stdlib eg like libold used purpose new directory use cases intermixing new old names something 2to3 converter wont able handle reason noted pep keep case insensitive filesystems ntfs spitting dummy try put configparserpy old name configparserpy new name python lib directory id like see pep address question going deal getting duplicate copies modules sysmodules code application uses old name code uses new name much done without introducing custom importer handle mapping names sysmodules module object otherwise going done using _ import brett _______________________________________________ python3000 mailing list smsbmo9552pythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopython3000 unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspython3000python300040tangomucom thu 07 aug 2008 210415 0700 python3000 stdlibsig pep 3108 stdlib reorgcleanup