On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 1:24 PM, "Martin v. Löwis" <martin@v.loewis.de> wrote:
Can you please explain why it would be desirable
to [backport nonlocal]? 2.7 will likely be the last 2.x release, so only a fairly
small portion of the applications would be actually able to use this (or
any other new feature added to 2.7): most code supporting 2.x will also
have to support 2.6, so the keyword won't be available to such code,
anyway.
Others have explained the rationale for the backport, so I won't bother repeating those arguments.
I understand your point about code supporting 2.6, but as you say, that applies to any new features being added in 2.7. I'm therefore confused as to what the rationale for a 2.7 release is. It's a bump in minor release number, so it's purpose is to add new features, correct?
Could someone please explain what new features are currently envisioned for 2.7? Why would those make the cut but a not backport of nonlocal?
Mike