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Author	eric.snow
Recipients	Thorney, eric.araujo, eric.snow, ezio.melotti, jackdied, ncoghlan, pitrou, python-dev, rhettinger
Date	2012-11-13.23:48:19
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Message-id	<1352850500.03.0.69135934184.issue12428@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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The following from the changeset left me with questions: -from _functools import partial, reduce +try: + from _functools import reduce +except ImportError: + pass * Why the try block when there wasn't one before? * Should reduce be added to __all__ only conditionally? * Should the pure Python partial only be used if _functools.partial is not available? * Should _functools.partial be removed?

The following from the changeset left me with questions:

-from _functools import partial, reduce
+try:
+    from _functools import reduce
+except ImportError:
+    pass

* Why the try block when there wasn't one before?
* Should reduce be added to __all__ only conditionally?
* Should the pure Python partial only be used if _functools.partial is not available?
* Should _functools.partial be removed?

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Date	User	Action	Args
2012-11-13 23:48:20	eric.snow	set	recipients: + eric.snow, rhettinger, ncoghlan, pitrou, jackdied, ezio.melotti, eric.araujo, Thorney, python-dev
2012-11-13 23:48:20	eric.snow	set	messageid: <1352850500.03.0.69135934184.issue12428@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
2012-11-13 23:48:19	eric.snow	link	issue12428 messages
2012-11-13 23:48:19	eric.snow	create