[Python-Dev] 3.0.1 possibilities (original) (raw)

Benjamin Peterson musiccomposition at gmail.com
Mon Dec 8 01:11:45 CET 2008

On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 6:05 PM, Christian Heimes <lists at cheimes.de> wrote:

Martin v. Löwis wrote:

I think it is still timely when fixed in January or February. In fact, releasing it still in December might not be possible, due to the limited time available. The cmp() / PyObjectCompare() removal patch is almost done. With some help I can finish it until Tuesday evening. We can have another release by Monday Dec 15th. Python 3.0.0 has some defects that should be fixed before people are spending their Xmas holidays with 3.0. The defects include * cmp(), PyObjectCompare() and frieds * global/nonlocal shortcuts (global x = 0) aren't working

I have a patch for this [1], but I don't think this should be considered a release blocker or even backported to 3.0. It's merely a convenience feature and doesn't inhibit the usefulness of the PEP in any way.

* unnecessary slowdown of read() due slow buffer resizing.

-- Cheers, Benjamin Peterson "There's nothing quite as beautiful as an oboe... except a chicken stuck in a vacuum cleaner."

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