[Python-Dev] Re: [Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Python future.c, 2.14, 2.15

[Anthony Baxter]

On Saturday 05 February 2005 05:38, jhylton at users.sourceforge.net wrote:
> Fix bug that allowed future statements virtually anywhere in a module.
>
> If we exit via the break here, we need to set ff_last_lineno or
> FUTURE_POSSIBLE() will remain true.  The bug affected statements
> containing a variety of expressions, but not all expressions.  It has
> been present since Python 2.2.

While this is undoubtedly a bug fix, I'm not sure that it should be 
backported - it will break people's code that is "working" now (albeit
in a faulty way). What do people think?

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Anthony Baxter     <anthony at interlink.com.au>
It's never too late to have a happy childhood.