New PEP: The directive statement

[Delaney, Timothy]

There are however, two things against this PEP.

1. It allows for one incompatible language change (directive as keyword can
interfere with binding to name "directive" as the first line of a file).

2. It provides no method for retrieving version information about
transitional features.

(1) may in practice turn out to be a non-issue, but I think for people who
will actually be using this functionality, (2) will be vital.

Tim Delaney
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Timothy Grant [mailto:tjg at exceptionalminds.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, 21 March 2001 3:53 AM
> To: python-list at python.org
> Subject: Re: New PEP: The directive statement
> 
> 
> I am not one of the gods of Python, but I'm not Python
> illiterate either. 
> 
> When I read PEP 236. I cringed. I understand the value, but the
> solution seemed far from elegant, and in Python, most things
> seem elegant (except for lambda<wink>.
> 
> When I read the below suggestion it made far more sense to me,
> and seemed to be a more elegant solution to the problem.
> 
> 
> On Tue, Mar 20, 2001 at 11:42:34AM +0100, Martin von Loewis wrote:
> > Please have a look at the PEP below. It is intended to replace the
> > __future__ import suggested in PEP 236.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Martin
> > 
> > PEP: XXX
> > Title: The directive statement
> > Version: $Revision$
> > Author: Martin v. Löwis
> > Python-Version: 2.1
> > Status: Active
> > Type: Standards Track
> > Created: 20-Mar-2001
> 
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