[Python-Dev] Features for Python 2.0

[Moshe Zadka]

On Tue, 25 Jul 2000, Thomas Wouters wrote:

> All in all, the only way we are really going to spot these pitfalls,
> realistic or not, is by *using* the new syntax, and letting 'newbies' use
> it.

Without arguing with the specifics, I'm against this attitude: what will
you do if you find newbies always stumble over those issues? You can't
take it out, because you're commited to backwards compatability.
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