Please comment on a new version of PEP 237: http://python.sourceforge.net/peps/pep-0237.html I've updated a few parts of the PEP for more accuracy and to reflect more implementation details. I've had very few negative responses to this PEP, and quite a few positive, so I'm assuming this is not controversial and we can follow the transition plan described in the PEP. Only phase A of the transition plan will be implemented in Python 2.2. I've implemented phase A completely, and tentatively checked it into CVS; unless a major showstopper is brought up I will release it with Python 2.2a3 (it didn't make it into 2.2a2). Please use the SF bug tracker to report bugs in the implementation. Please mail comments on the PEP to python-dev@python.org or to me. --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)