[Python-Dev] PEP 236: an alternative to the __future__ syntax

[Martin v. Loewis]

> but where's the patch?

Argh. It's now at http://www.informatik.hu-berlin.de/~loewis/python/directive.diff

> other tools that parse Python will have to be adapted.

Yes, that's indeed a problem. Initially, that syntax will be used only
to denote modules that use nested scopes, so those tools would have
time to adjust.

> The __future__ hack doesn't need that.

If it is *just* parsing, then yes. If it does any further analysis
(e.g. "find definition (of a variable)" aka "find assignments to"), or
if they inspect code objects, these tools again need to be adopted.

Regards,
Martin