[Python-Dev] Python roadmap

[Roman Suzi]

On Sat, 1 Feb 2003, Raymond Hettinger wrote:

>From: "Roman Suzi" <rnd@onego.ru>
>> Maybe for the sake of clarifying your vision of future Python
>> features it is more beneficial to make an overall roadmap 
>> where many planned paths and roads will be marked.
>
>Guido can speak to the future; Python 2.3 speaks 
>to the near future:
>
>* no new syntax
>* only one new builtin function
>* the bool type for readability
>* several new or improved library modules enriching
>   the list of what can be done easily or quickly in python.
>* several usability improvements (extended slices, codec callbacks,
>   use of zip archives, support for international source encodings).
>* many bug fixes and performance enhancements
>* constantly improving documentation and a more complete test suite
>
>Who wouldn't want all that?

This is more or less clear and not as disturbing, as 
new code-block syntax.

BTW, is there any way in Python to make it issue warnings when 
built-in names are assigned new values? This could be very
useful mode for Python beginners who tend to rebind max, min,
list, etc?

>Raymond Hettinger

Sincerely yours, Roman Suzi
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