[Python-Dev] Python 4: don't remove anything, don't break backward compatibility (original) (raw)

Ryan Gonzalez rymg19 at gmail.com
Mon Mar 10 19:17:30 CET 2014


You forgot 3., and 3.$.

On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 12:06 PM, Chris Angelico <rosuav at gmail.com> wrote:

On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 3:56 AM, Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net> wrote: > On Mon, 10 Mar 2014 17:04:08 +0100 > "Stefan Richthofer" <Stefan.Richthofer at gmx.de> wrote: > >> > Guido famously hates two digit minor version numbers. :) >> >> This is no problem either. Simply switch to hexadecimal numbering ;) > > Or wrap around to negative numbers (a minus sign isn't technically a > digit, is it?).

Terrible idea. Would wreak havoc with comparisons. No. Python 3 is all about Unicode, so the right way to proceed is 3.8, 3.9, 3.:, 3.;, 3.<,_ _3.=, 3.>, 3.?, 3.@, 3.A. ChrisA


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