Re: [Python-ideas] Proposal: Moratorium on Python language changes

[Guido]

I propose a moratorium on language changes. This would be a period of several years during which no changes to Python's grammar or language semantics will be accepted.

Eh. I'll be a solid +1 on this /if/ you use your time machine to begin the moratorium right after the "with" statement was introduced. The rationale you gave applied as much then as it does now -- and if you do this, then we won't need to discuss it now, since it will already have been done. If you won't use your time machine, fine, +0.9. I'm taking off a tenth so you realize there's a steep cost for refusing it interfere with history.