[Python-checkins] r51241 - peps/trunk/pep-3099.txt
georg.brandl
python-checkins at python.org
Sun Aug 13 14:24:50 CEST 2006
Author: georg.brandl
Date: Sun Aug 13 14:24:49 2006
New Revision: 51241
Modified:
peps/trunk/pep-3099.txt
Log:
Add "no complete rewrite" to PEP 3099.
Modified: peps/trunk/pep-3099.txt
==============================================================================
--- peps/trunk/pep-3099.txt (original)
+++ peps/trunk/pep-3099.txt Sun Aug 13 14:24:49 2006
@@ -32,6 +32,14 @@
Core language
=============
+* Python 3000 will not be a rewrite from scratch.
+
+ It will also not use C++ or another language different from C
+ as implementation language. Rather, there will be a gradual
+ transmogrification of the codebase. There's an excellent essay
+ by Joel Spolsky explaining why:
+ http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000069.html
+
* ``self`` will not become implicit.
Having ``self`` be explicit is a *good thing*. It makes the code
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