[Python-Dev] Python 4: don't remove anything, don't break backward compatibility

Paul Moore p.f.moore at gmail.com
Mon Mar 10 22:54:12 CET 2014


On 10 March 2014 19:42, Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka at gmail.com> wrote:
> 10.03.14 20:50, Paul Moore написав(ла):
>
>> I have seen a number of postings recently pointing to things as "not
>> until Python 4000" or "not until Python 4.0" (yours was not one that I
>> noticed, actually, this is a more general point).
>
>
> This is just an euphemism for "not in observable future".

I understand that - my concern is that people reading such comments
out of context might not realise this ("after all, that was what
Python 3000 meant, then you went and implemented it").
Paul


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