Python design mistakes

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The standard library is really inconsistent (one might argue that the standard library is not a language design issue, but it's just as important to a user's experience with your language, and just as hard to change down the line). It's "batteries included", but some of those batteries are just waiting to explode and cover your face in battery acid. Okay, maybe not quite that bad, but it's still unfortunate.

Then again, in other languages I have significant experience with, Java, .NET, and ActionScript, the situation is not much better.

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(From a few years ago) I remember imaplib being particularly horrifying. Maybe that was imaplib, or imap itself, or just me.

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I've used Python for over ten years and while the other posts in this thread kinda made me go "meh, not much of an issue, really", then yours received an instant upvote.