What are PEPs?
PEPs are design documents that provide information to the Python community, describing new features (or proposed new features) for Python, its processes, or its environment. PEPs provide technical information, as well as the rationale for the document.
As used by the Python foundation, PEPs are the primary mechanism for communicating with the Python community as a whole. One requirement for PEP authorship is to build a consensus among the community members and document any dissenting opinions.
PEPs are kept as text files by the Python foundation, in a content versioning system (CVS). This versioning system acts as the historical record for each PEP, documenting the changes to the document, from first draft to final acceptance. ...
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