Call for signatories for J2
Paul Rubin
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Thu Aug 26 18:08:27 EDT 2004
Michael Sparks <zathras at thwackety.com> writes:
> * Decorators incorporated via the __future__ mechanism
> * A subset of people use them in earnest
> * It's found that it would be useful to change the syntax whilst it's
> still in the experimental __future__ phase. (As might've happened but
> didn't with yield and generators)
I thought __future__ isn't for experimental features, but rather, it's
for definitely-accepted features that potentially break existing code,
for example by adding new keywords or changing the meaning of
something (the / division operator). The idea is for a release or two
of the interpreter to signal a warning when an old program uses the
new keyword.
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