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The tradeoff of “batteries included” vs not is real: Python developers famously reach for community libraries like requests right away to avoid using the built-
by JoBrad 1y ago
The tradeoff of “batteries included” vs not is real: Python developers famously reach for community libraries like requests right away to avoid using the built-in tooling.
- Natfan 1y agoI wasn't even aware there _was_ built-in tooling...
- bigstrat2003 1y agoAnd yet, there are times where all I've had access to was the stdlib. I was damn glad for urllib2 at those times. It's worth it to have a batteries included stdlib, even if parts of it don't wind up being the most commonly used by the community.
- yawaramin 1y agoThe fact that there is a 'urllib2' implies that there's a 'urllib', which tells us something pretty important about the dangers of kitchen-sink standard libraries.