Oct. 22, 2009
11:34 p.m.
On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 11:40 AM, Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com> wrote:
[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.
+1.1 from me. Someone's gotta pick up Tim's 0.1 slack. ;)