[Python-Dev] Backporting PEP 3127 to trunk

[Eric Smith]

Guido van Rossum wrote:
> I wonder if, in order to change the behavior of various built-in
> functions, it wouldn't be easier to be able to write
> 
> from future_builtins import oct, hex  # and who knows what else

This makes sense to me, especially if we have a 2to3 fixer which removes 
this line.  I'll work on implementing future_builtins.