[Python-ideas] Create Python 2.8 as a transition step to Python 3.x

[Eric V. Smith]

On 1/19/2014 10:40 PM, Bruce Leban wrote:
> I think the odds of Python getting
> 
>         from __future__ import pony
> 
> are slightly higher than there being a Python 2.8. I assume by "pony"
> you really mean what I'd like to have:
> 
>         from __future__ import everything
> 
> since my goal is to write Python 3 compatible code even though I'm
> temporarily stuck with Python 2 due to stack issues. The __future__
> imports makes it easier to write forward compatible code. As it is, I
> have to list the individual imports in every file and I also add:
> 
>         range = xrange

It's unfortunate we didn't add this (and all other changed builtins) to
future_builtins in 2.7.

Eric.