[Python-Dev] list comprehensions

[esr@thyrsus.com]

Tim Peters <tim_one@email.msn.com>:
> Nobody has been more vocal in support of these (& augmented assignments)
> than me, but I very strongly doubt they'll be in 1.6.  In the interests of
> getting that out the door, Guido considers the 1.6 feature set to be frozen
> already.
> 
> I think part of the pressure to get one more feature in Python (again &
> again & again) is that release cycles have been soooooo protracted, now
> slobbering well over the full year mark.  If I accomplish nothing else at
> BeOpen, I want to give that a major speed boost -- I don't think we should
> ever let 6 months go by without at least pumping out a bugfix release.

OK, I can buy this.  Are there concrete plans (as in, a specified timeframe)
for a release in which new features will be admitted?
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