[Python-Dev] Deprecating obsolete builtins
Barry Warsaw
barry at python.org
Thu Nov 6 00:39:58 EST 2003
On Wed, 2003-11-05 at 22:58, Neal Norwitz wrote:
> I also have no problem adding a module for backwards compatibility
> that adds apply(), etc to builtins. In fact, I think this is
> a better approach that if someone wants to "port" their code
> from 1.5.2 to 2.4, they can acheive much of it by adding:
>
> import python1_5_2_compatibility
from __past__ import cruft
<1.6.1 wink>
-Barry
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