[Python-Dev] Bug in from __future__ processing?
Anthony Baxter
anthony at interlink.com.au
Sat Mar 4 09:49:31 CET 2006
On Saturday 04 March 2006 15:34, Tim Peters wrote:
> Indeed! But whose arm could we twist to get them to repair the
> compiler in 2.4? I'd settle for a blurb in the next 2.4 NEWS just
> noting that 2.5 will follow the documented syntax. That may even
> be desirable, to avoid breaking working (albeit by accident) code
> across a micro release.
I don't think a change like this should go into a 2.4.x release. It
stands a very very high chance of breaking someone's code. I _could_
be convinced about a warning being emitted about it, though I'm not
going to have the time to figure out the new compiler to do the work.
Anthony
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