31 Jul
2005
31 Jul
'05
4:11 a.m.
On Sat, Jul 30, 2005, Brett Cannon wrote:
My view of Python 3.0 was that backwards-compatibility would not be a gimme in anyway. I personally am willing to break stuff in the name of clarity, which is the point of this whole endeavour. While I am willing to back off on some the proposed changes, I do think the basic spirit of it is correct.
My take is that for Python 3.0, backwards compatibility is no longer a critical priority -- but any breakage still needs to be argued for and balanced. We want to avoid unnecessary breakage. -- Aahz (aahz@pythoncraft.com) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ The way to build large Python applications is to componentize and loosely-couple the hell out of everything.