[Python-Dev] Bug in from __future__ processing?

[Fredrik Lundh]

Guido van Rossum wrote:

> > I don't think a change like this should go into a 2.4.x release. It
> > stands a very very high chance of breaking someone's code. I _could_
> > be convinced about a warning being emitted about it, though I'm not
> > going to have the time to figure out the new compiler to do the work.
>
> In fact I know for sure it will break code -- I believe I first ran
> into this with Django.

Cheetah ?

http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=146606

> Let's leave 2.4 alone (even adding a warning to 2.4.3 seems pointless)
> except for documenting this (not just in Misc/NEWS which is
> overwhelming but in the 2.4 docs for _future-_). In 2.5 it's already
> fixed; perhaps the 2.5 docs could mention that this was accidentally
> broken in 2.4.

agreed.

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