[Catalog-sig] New proposal, with PEP

Martin v. Loewis martin@v.loewis.de
27 Oct 2002 22:23:55 +0100


Richard Jones <rjones@ekit-inc.com> writes:

> > Unless you can find a hack (like putting data into a separate file for
> > the register command to find them there), I think there is no
> > solution. Wait until Python 2.4 or 2.5 for users to start using the
> > feature (i.e. when they are willing to give up compatibility with
> > older Python releases, for other reasons).
> 
> So that would imply building the keyword in now and not advertising it?

No, documenting it as "new in Python 2.x" (for x=3 or x=4) would
describe the problem precisely: it is then the user's choice whether
or not to use it.

Regards,
Martin