Well said Antoine. --Guido van Rossum (sent from Android phone) On Feb 27, 2012 2:03 PM, "Antoine Pitrou" <solip...@pitrou.net> wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Feb 2012 16:54:51 -0500 > Terry Reedy <tjre...@udel.edu> wrote: > > On 2/27/2012 1:17 PM, Guido van Rossum wrote: > > > > >> I just don't understand the pushback here at all. This is such a > > >> nobrainer. > > > > > I agree. Just let's start deprecating it too, so that once Python 2.x > > > compatibility is no longer relevant we can eventually stop supporting > > > it (though that may have to wait until Python 4...). We need to send > > > *some* sort of signal that this is a compatibility hack and that no > > > new code should use it. Maybe a SilentDeprecationWarning? > > > > Before we make this change, I would like to know if this is Armin's last > > proposal to revert Python 3 toward Python 2 or merely the first in a > > series. I question this because last December Armin wrote > > > > "And in my absolutely personal opinion Python 3.3/3.4 should be more > > like Python 2* and Python 2.8 should happen and be a bit more like > > Python 3." > > * he wrote '3' but obviously means '2'. > > http://lucumr.pocoo.org/2011/12/7/thoughts-on-python3/ > > > > Chris has also made it clear that he (also?) would like more reversions. > > Please. While I'm not strongly in favour of the PEP, this kind of > argument is dishonest. Whatever Armin's secret wishes may be, his PEP > should be judged on its own grounds. > > Thank you > > Antoine. > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/guido%40python.org >
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