guido van rossum hoaufpythonorg tue apr 8 2008 225 pm benjamin peterson wrote tue apr 8 2008 407 pm guido van rossum wrote tue apr 8 2008 134 pm benjamin peterson another thought even implementations provide functions doesnt really mean compatible allowing implementation interpreter module clear confusion regarding much support returned thats python spirit spirit support similar enough functionality apis named module signature eg os module built principle many apis optional exist known name spec posixnt underlying modules implementation details users never need know cant expect people write implementation though take implementation imaginary moment framelike object barred exposing doesnt api cpython one could argue exposing internal object ugly name _getframe hardly pythonic begin eh provide compatible apis using different implementations time really getting exasperating guido van rossum home page httpwwwpythonorgguido _______________________________________________ python3000 mailing list smsbmo9552pythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopython3000 unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspython3000python300040tangomucom thu 07 aug 2008 035521 0700 python3000 pep cleaning sys interpreter module