#5549 HIGH Update.: In rotated mode, game keys retain original orientation

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#5549: In rotated mode, game keys retain original orientation
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  Reporter:  blahedo          |       Owner:  erikg           
      Type:  defect           |      Status:  new             
  Priority:  high             |   Milestone:  Update.2 (8.2.0)
 Component:  x window system  |     Version:  Build 650       
Resolution:                   |    Keywords:                  
  Verified:  0                |    Blocking:                  
 Blockedby:                   |  
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Comment(by mstone):

 This seems like a terrible argument to me because of the categorical
 imperative: if everyone blindly followed style guidelines without making a
 conscious assessment of the costs imposed by those guidelines then we'd
 wind up... where we are today, with Python activities that import 10
 seconds worth of code before becoming interactive.

 Thus, while you're correct that we should place a high value on following
 conventions, I happen to think that the 'imports at the top' guideline has
 been so badly discredited by its effect activity startup time as to be
 untenable in the presence of python modules which perform arbitrary
 computation at import time. (We could also decide to refuse to use python
 modules which perform noticeable computation on import, but that seems
 more painful to me. What do you think?)

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