This doesn't seem to me to be the goal. I think the point is that implementers would produce this module, and stdlib developers would consume it. Joe Foobar p

This doesn't seem to me to be the goal. I think the point is that implementers would produce this module, and stdlib developers would consume it. Joe Foobar python programmer should never need to know about it. I think it's maybe not the best solution, but it's good, and the fact that they're trying to address the problem somehow is great.