[Python-Dev] 2.7 is here until 2020, please don't call it a waste.

[Larry Hastings]

On 05/30/2015 07:26 AM, Toshio Kuratomi wrote:
>
> Porting performance features from python 3 to python 2 has the 
> disadvantage of cutting into a compelling business case for users to 
> move forward to python 3.[1]  so doing this has a cost to python 3 
> adoption.  But, the question is whether there is a benefit that 
> outweighs that cost. [...]
>

Backporting performance enhancements from 3 to 2 does seem to be 
counterproductive from the perspective of the Core Dev community. But 
certainly in this case, when Intel drops a major bundle of working code 
in our collective lap, it absolutely feels like the right thing to me to 
check it in and support it.  And happily the Python Core Dev community 
generally does the right thing.

Consider the flip side--what if we'd refused to accept it?  What sort of 
signal would that be to the Python community?  I don't know, but I'd 
guess that people would harbor ill will and distrust.  I'd rather the 
community liked and trusted us; that makes it more likely they'll listen 
when we say "honest, Python 3 is better than 2--c'mon over!"


//arry/

p.s. Supporting this patch also helps cut into PyPy's reported 
performance lead--that is, if they ever upgrade speed.pypy.org from 
comparing against Python *2.7.2*.
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