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[Scott David Daniels]

Darren Dale wrote:
> .... What is the point of providing absolute_import in __future__ if the
> api is completely different than the implementation in future python versions?

The point is to obtain user experience with a proposed feature _before_
you fix the interface and start having to be "backward compatible."

--Scott David Daniels
Scott.Daniels at Acm.Org