[binarycrusader]

Well-maintained? Carefully debugged?

Hardly. Backward-compatible? Ok, I'll agree to that one.

But seriously, if you want to see an example of a not-so-well-maintained or carefully-debugged standard library. I challenge you to go look at 'shutil'.

That's just one example of many in the standard library that needs some serious TLC. Want another? Go look at tarfile or subprocess.

And don't even get me started on the lack of documentation for many parts of the standard library; the source code is the only real documentation.

[briancurtin]

> And don't even get me started on the lack of documentation for many parts of the standard library; the source code is the only real documentation.

I've rarely heard anyone say this. Do you have an example of an area that is severely lacking in documentation? Maybe I don't use a wide array of modules, but I can't remember the last time as a user I had to dive into the source code.

I know the stdlib lacks examples in a lot of areas, often going for purely API coverage, which is welcome to change.