Skip Montanaro <s...@pobox.com> added the comment:

>> Isn't the alpha period (2.7 and 3.2 in this case) precisely when an
    >> API can change?

    Antoine> Well, it can, but only if there are compelling reasons to do
    Antoine> so. It should be the exception rather than the rule.  The
    Antoine> reasons here seem far from compelling, and moreover we can't
    Antoine> detect whether the user is expecting the new or the old
    Antoine> behaviour.

Fine.  Dirkjan, assuming there are the necessary test cases and
documentation changes, feel free to check in your patch and close the
ticket.

Skip

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