[Python-Dev] Should we move to replace re with regex?

[Brian Curtin]

On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 11:48, Dan Stromberg <drsalists at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> No, this was not the intent of __future__. The intent is that a
>> feature is desirable but also backwards incompatible (e.g. introduces
>> a new keyword) so that for 1 (sometimes more) releases we require the
>> users to use the __future__ import.
>>
>> There was never any intent to use __future__ for experimental
>> features. If we want that maybe we could have from __experimental__
>> import <whatever>.
>>
>> OK.  So what -is- the purpose of from __future__ import?
>

It's in the first paragraph.
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