[Python-Dev] Backporting PEP 414

[R. David Murray]

On Wed, 29 Feb 2012 17:06:21 -0500, Calvin Spealman <ironfroggy at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Feb 28, 2012 7:14 PM, <martin at v.loewis.de> wrote:
> >>
> >> Why is readding u'' a feature and not a bug?
> >
> >
> > There is a really simple litmus test for whether something is a bug:
> > does it deviate from the specification?
> >
> > In this case, the specification is the grammar, and the implementation
> > certainly doesn't deviate from it. So it can't be a bug.
> 
> I don't think anyone can assert that the specification itself is immune to
> having "bugs".

Yes, but specification bug fixes are new features :)

--David