[Python-Dev] PEP 414 (original) (raw)

Armin Ronacher armin.ronacher at active-4.com
Sun Feb 26 13:44:48 CET 2012

Hi,

On 2/26/12 12:34 PM, Ned Batchelder wrote:

There are already future imports that violate this principle: from future import division. That doesn't mean I'm in favor of this new future, just keeping a wide angle on the viewfinder. That's actually mentioned in the PEP :-)

A quick poll on Twitter about the use of the division future import supported my suspicions that people opt out of behaviour-changing future imports because they are a maintenance burden. Every time you review code you have to check the top of the file to see if the behaviour was changed.

Regards, Armin

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