[Python-Dev] Those import related syntax errors again...
Jeremy Hylton
jeremy@alum.mit.edu
Tue, 20 Feb 2001 23:24:40 -0500 (EST)
>>>>> "AMK" == Andrew Kuchling <akuchlin@cnri.reston.va.us> writes:
AMK> On Wed, Feb 21, 2001 at 01:58:18PM +1100, Mark Hammond wrote:
>> Assuming that people really _do_ want this feature, IMO the bar
>> should be raised so there are _zero_ backward compatibility
>> issues.
AMK> Even at the cost of additional implementation complexity? At
AMK> the cost of having to learn "scopes are nested, unless you do
AMK> these two things in which case they're not"?
AMK> Let's not waffle. If nested scopes are worth doing, they're
AMK> worth breaking code. Either leave exec and from..import
AMK> illegal, or back out nested scopes, or think of some better
AMK> solution, but let's not introduce complicated backward
AMK> compatibility hacks.
Well said.
Jeremy