[Python-Dev] Backwards Incompatibility

[Guido van Rossum]

> > As for import *, we all know that it's an abomination...
> 
> Okay, I can live with that, but can we please have at least one release
> between "these are cool features and we use them in the std. library
> ourselves" and "no no you bad boy!" ? Or fork Python 3.0, move nested scopes
> to that, and release it parallel to 2.1 ?

Of course.  We're not making it illegal yet, except in some highly
specific circumstances where IMO the goal justifies the means.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)