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

[Guido van Rossum]

On 4/4/06, Georg Brandl <g.brandl at gmx.net> wrote:
> Guido van Rossum wrote:
> > 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.
>
> Since it's a meta-PEP, but closely related to features, I've checked it
> in with number 3099, that is, "first feature-PEP minus one".

Excellent! (Thanks to Terry Reedy for the idea.)

> Related question: as the current PEP 3000 contains mainly feature proposals,
> shouldn't it be renamed to 3100? PEP 3000 could then be a quasi-summary of
> 3xxx PEPs and random important facts that don't fit elsewhere.

Good idea. Maybe 3000 should then be the meta-meta PEP with the
Process for deciding Python 3000 Processes.

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