[Python-Dev] PEP 3147 ready for pronouncement and merging

[Benjamin Peterson]

2010/4/16 Barry Warsaw <barry at python.org>:
> On Apr 15, 2010, at 08:01 PM, Guido van Rossum wrote:
>>> This feature is targeted for Python 3.2, solving the problem for those
>>> and all future versions.  It may be back-ported to Python 2.7.
>>
>>Is there time given that 2.7b1 was released?
>
> I think this would be totally up to Benjamin as the RM for 2.7.  Although I
> haven't tried yet, my sense of it is that most of the patch would port pretty
> easily to trunk.  I could probably generate a patch for review by mid-next
> week.

I would prefer that this not be in 2.7. The patch may be simple to
port, but it represents quite a change in an eons old Python behvior.

>
> Whether it should or not is a different matter.  Given that we're in beta, I'm
> not sure *I* would approve it if I were the RM, but as the developer, sure,
> I'd love to back port it. :)

Thank you for sympathizing. :)



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Regards,
Benjamin