[Python-Dev] list comprehensions

[Tim Peters]

[Tim, sez the 1.6 feature set should be considered frozen, and that
 Python should move to a much less sloth-like release schedule
 thereafter]

[esr@thyrsus.com]
> OK, I can buy this.

Comes with a 30-day warranty, too <wink>.

> Are there concrete plans (as in, a specified timeframe)
> for a release in which new features will be admitted?

There damn well ought to be.  PythonLabs will be having its first all-hands
meeting tomorrow (Guido's been gone, I've been in this state less than a
week, & I'm still not sure Jeremy Hylton exists), and rational, timely
release schedules are certainly on my agenda.  I have no problem with new
features in minor releases either, provided they're 100% backward-compatible
(e.g., list comprehensions, yes (so long as they don't introduce new
bytecodes); having str(long) strip the trailing "L", no).  More when we know
more.

and-less-when-we-know-less-ly y'rs  - tim