[Python-Dev] Proposed 3.0 compatiblity module (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Wed Jan 17 00:47:07 CET 2007

On 1/16/07, Phillip J. Eby <pje at telecommunity.com> wrote:

At 03:18 PM 1/16/2007 -0800, Guido van Rossum wrote: >On 1/16/07, Phillip J. Eby <pje at telecommunity.com> wrote: > > The idea here being that, once 2.6 is widely-enough deployed that it can be > > assumed as a base for one's users, you can simply run the translator once, > > do any cleanup, and then have 3.0-clean code that also still runs for your > > installed base. > > > > That way, there's no chasm to leap; just a code cleanup. > >I understand; I would rather have that too, everything else being the >same. But everything else wouldn't be the same -- it would place many >more restrictions on 3.0, and the common subset would still be much >smaller. For me personally, the weight of the added restrictions to >3.0 is the killer.

I don't understand; how would adding features to 2.6 restrict what you could add to 3.0?

Oh, as long as we're talking adding features to 2.6 I'm fine. I thought you were proposing changes to the plans for 3.0, as in your proposal" regarding the dict view API.

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