My own 12 points list

[Peter Hansen]

Gerrit Holl wrote:
> 
> A. Lloyd Flanagan wrote:
> > pruebauno at latinmail.com (nnes) wrote in message news:<d8778a53.0308251600.143ec0a3 at posting.google.com>...
> > > I have really no mayor gripes, and the few things I would change would
> > > break backward compatibility, but here is the list anyway:
> > >
> > > 3.) Eliminate open (), use file () instead
> > open() is deprecated, I don't know about plans to eliminate it.
> 
> Doesn't 'deprecated' mean it will once be elimineted?

It doesn't mean "will be", but usually means "might be".  Nobody,
except Guido with the time machine of course, can predict the
future, so it expresses only intent.  And sometimes a thing can
be deprecated (as in "don't use this in new code") without anyone
actually planning to eliminate it, ever.

-Peter