> I don't think it's a good idea to backport visible API changes. > (someone successfully compiling on 2.7.N could then have users > complaining that compilation fails on 2.7.N-1).
+1. If it was a bug fix (which it isn't), having this kind of breakage would be fine, of course (i.e. code relying on the bug fix will reasonably break when used with buggy versions). Regards, Martin _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com