[Python-Dev] The bytes type

Thomas Wouters thomas at python.org
Mon Jan 15 14:02:03 CET 2007


On 1/12/07, Mike Orr <sluggoster at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 1/12/07, glyph at divmod.com <glyph at divmod.com> wrote:
> > The benefit (to me, and to many others) of 3.x over 2.x is the promise
> of
> > more future maintenance, not the lack of cruft.
>
> The benefit (to me, and to many others) of 3.x over 2.x is the promise
> of getting rid of cruft.

If we're going to re-add cruft for the sake of temporary
> compatibility, we may as well just stick with 2.x.  You have to take a
> quantum leap sometimes or you end up working around the same old
> mistakes.


There seems to be rather a lot of confusion. No one is suggesting
Python 3.0be anything less for the sake of backward compatibility.
Instead, it has
been suggested Python 2.6 (and possibly 2.7) be something *more* in order to
provide for an easier upgrade path. No compromises in Python 3.0.

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