Chris Angelico wrote:
> We will need a
> migration plan. Unfortunately, African swallows are non-migratory,
> severely impacting your proposal.

Well, aren't European swallows migratory? They may not be able to carry a coconut, but certainly a migratory plan would be under their weight limit. :-)

On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 2:24 PM Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> wrote:
On Wed, Apr 1, 2020 at 4:19 AM Gerrit Holl <gerrit.holl@gmail.com> wrote:
> Abstract
> ========
>
> Python has long used metasyntactic variables that are based on the
> consumption of meat and dairy products, such as "spam", "ham", and
> "eggs".
> This language is not considerate to pigs or chicken and violates the
> spirit of the Code of Conduct.  This PEP proposes to retire the use
> of those names in official Python documentation and source code and to
> recommend users of Python to do the same.
>

While I wholeheartedly agree with your intention here, I believe the
backward incompatibilities would make this untenable. We will need a
migration plan. Unfortunately, African swallows are non-migratory,
severely impacting your proposal.

ChrisA
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