On 6 November 2017 at 22:19, Stephan Houben <stephan...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2017-11-06 12:53 GMT+01:00 Brice Parent <cont...@brice.xyz>: >> I think the only problem we can reach here, not only in our lifetimes, but >> in the next years, is not Python3.10 vs Python31.0 (Python3.x will be long >> dead when we reach this point!), but the ordering of versions, like >> (python310 < python40). But it probably is a false problem, as after a >> two-digit minor version, we can fix the length of minor versions to two >> digits when needed (python310 < python400). > > No probs with either of my proposals: > >>>> "python39.dll" < "python3A.dll" < "python40.dll" > True
Ah, you're right, I forgot about that option (I think Ezio Melotti suggested it previously). Yes, going with "3.10", but encoding it as "3A" in lexically ambiguous contexts is another option that would let us get as far as 3.35 (aka "3Z") before encountering ambiguity problems. Cheers, Nick. -- Nick Coghlan | ncogh...@gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list Python-ideas@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
