[Python-3000] pre-PEP: Procedure for PEPs with Backwards-Incompatible Changes

Georg Brandl g.brandl at gmx.net
Tue Mar 28 20:14:19 CEST 2006


Guido van Rossum wrote:
> On 3/28/06, skip at pobox.com <skip at pobox.com> wrote:
>>
>>     >> Suggestion: Make this PEP 3001 and start any Py3k PEPs from 3100....
>>
>>     Guido> I already proposed that numbering scheme. More formally, Py3k
>>     Guido> meta PEPs go between 3001 and 3099, and feature PEPs start at
>>     Guido> 3100 (and hopefully we won't have to overflow into 4000 :-).
>>
>> Should there be some distinction between Py3k PEPs which fall under the
>> purview of Steven's PEP and those which contain completely new stuff and
>> aren't going to impact Python 2.x code?
> 
> I don't think there are enough dimensions in the numbering scheme to
> indicate all possible distinctions. IOW, no.

Why, I expected 31xx to be Apocalypses, 32xx to be Synopses and 33xx to
be Exe$(Z(/)"//&&

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