Steven D'Aprano wrote:
It's Python 3.8, and I learn that in 4.0 "spam" is going to become a keyword. I simply take my code and change all the references spam to \spam, and I've future-proofed the code for 4.0 while still keeping compatibility with 3.8 and 3.9.
Okay, maybe it helps a little bit, but not very much. There will still be a lot of reluctance to add new keywords, because of the disruption it will cause to existing code. If we've learned nothing else from the Python 3 changeover, it's that many people work in an environment where it's extremely difficult to update working code. -- Greg _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list Python-ideas@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
