[Python-Dev] #pragmas in Python source code

[M.-A. Lemburg]

Skip Montanaro wrote:
> 
>     Marc> We were originally talking about proposals to integrate #pragmas
>     Marc> ...
> 
> Minor nit...  How about we lose the "#" during these discussions so we
> aren't all subliminally disposed to embed pragmas in comments or to add the
> C preprocessor to Python? ;-)

Hmm, anything else would introduce a new keyword, I guess. And
new keywords cause new scripts to fail in old interpreters
even when they don't use Unicode at all and only include
<whatever the name is> per convention.

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Marc-Andre Lemburg
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