[Python-checkins] r46083 - sandbox/trunk/stringbench sandbox/trunk/stringbench/stringbench.py

[Guido van Rossum]

On 5/22/06, skip at pobox.com <skip at pobox.com> wrote:
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>     MAL> The only thing you should do is make sure that the tests run in
>     MAL> more than just the most current Python version, e.g. by either
>     MAL> putting code using more recent syntax into different modules and/or
>     MAL> adding the code in using a condition based on sys.version or some
>     MAL> other feature test.
>
> How far back should compatibility be maintained?  I thought there was a file
> in Misc that identified version compatibility requirements.  I didn't find
> what I was looking for or see any version compatibility in pybench/README.

Maybe you're thinking of PEP 291?

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