[Python-Dev] Another update for PEP 394 -- The "python" Command on Unix-Like Systems

[Victor Stinner]

Le mer. 13 févr. 2019 à 21:26, Barry Warsaw <barry at python.org> a écrit :
> I don’t think this should be conflated with PEP 394.  IMHO, 3.10 is just fine.  Python 4 should be reserved for some future mythical GIL-less interpreter or other major API breaking change.  It might never happen.

My point is that changing the major version from 3 to 4 *will* break
things. We have to prepare the community to support such change.

For example, advice to replace "if major_version == 3:  ... else: ..."
with "if major_version >= 3:  ... else: ...".

Victor
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