[Python-3000] pre-PEP: Things that Will Not Change in Python 3.0

[Guido van Rossum]

I was going to comment about this one "check it in, we'll add to it
later", but then I realized it's not 100% clear whether this is a
feature PEP or a meta-PEP? It focuses on features so by that yardstick
it's a feature PEP. But in its list-of-miscellany nature it
approximates a meta-PEP. Hmm, perhaps it ought to be PEP 3999 (which
can be seen as minus one in the numbering scheme for Python-3000 PEPs
:-)?

In any case let's not let it longer for long. Realistically, I think
it can be a meta-PEP.

--Guido

On 4/2/06, Georg Brandl <g.brandl at gmx.net> wrote:
> Guido van Rossum wrote:
> > On 4/2/06, Georg Brandl <g.brandl at gmx.net> wrote:
> >> A quick idea of mine: Wouldn't it be useful to maintain a list of what will
> >> not change, collected in the discussions here? That way, people eager to suggest
> >> braces and whatnot can be referred to it.
> >>
> >> (I'd be volunteering to maintain such a list/PEP/whatever).
> >
> > Excellent idea! It should be one of the meta-peps (in the 3001-3099 range).
> >
> > Ideally the list should either point to the discusussion explaining
> > the decision, or provide a capsule explanation. (Braces are exempted
> > from this policy; if someone doesn't understand why we're not doing
> > braces they should probably look elsewhere... :-)
>
> Here's a draft (please provide me with whatever you can remember, I've been
> following the list on gmane and my history's therefore lost):
>
> PEP: XXX
> Title: Things that will Not Change in Python 3000
> Version: $Revision$
> Last-Modified: $Date$
> Author: Georg Brandl <g.brandl at gmx.net>
> Status: Draft
> Type: Informational
> Content-Type: text/x-rst
> Created: 02-Apr-2006
>
>
> Abstract
> ========
>
> This PEP tries to list all BDFL pronouncements on Python 3000 that
> refer to changes that will not happen and new features that will not
> be introduced, sorted by topics, along with a short explanation or a
> reference to the relevant thread on the python-3000 mailing list.
>
>
> Core language
> =============
>
> * Python will not have programmable syntax.
>
>    Thread: "It's a statement! It's a function! It's BOTH!"
>    http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-3000/2006-April/000286.html
>
> * There won't be a syntax for ``zip()``-style parallel iteration.
>
>    Thread: "Parallel iteration syntax",
>    http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-3000/2006-March/000210.html
>
>
> Standard types
> ==============
>
> * Iterating over a dictionary will yield the keys.
>
>    Thread: "Iterating over a dict",
>    http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-3000/2006-April/000283.html
>
>
> Coding style
> ============
>
> * The maximum line width will be 80 characters.
>
>    Thread: "C style guide",
>    http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-3000/2006-March/000131.html
>
>
> Copyright
> =========
>
> This document has been placed in the public domain.
>
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--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)