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In a strict sense, the patch does break backward compatibility for third-party IDLE extensions that modify the rmenu_specs contents. It is not a "private" value since it lacks an initial underscore in its name. But given how undocumented IDLE is, especially its extension facility, I don't think poses any problems.
(For what it's worth, I'm the developer of IdleX and I already released a trivial workaround for this change. I welcome this improvement to IDLE, especially when it deprecates an existing IdleX extension.)
While keeping UI consistency may be desirable, keeping it crippled is not. Even Window's Notepad has a decent right-click menu. |
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2012-11-02 16:13:01 | roger.serwy | set | recipients:
+ roger.serwy, georg.brandl, rhettinger, terry.reedy, kbk, taleinat, Nashev, gpolo, ned.deily, r.david.murray, michael.foord, asvetlov, Todd.Rovito, python-dev |
2012-11-02 16:13:01 | roger.serwy | set | messageid: <1351872781.57.0.0198640010226.issue1207589@psf.upfronthosting.co.za> |
2012-11-02 16:13:01 | roger.serwy | link | issue1207589 messages |
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