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

[Dan Stromberg]

On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 9:53 AM, Brian Curtin <brian.curtin at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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.
>

I disagree.  The first paragraph says this has something to do with new
keywords.  It doesn't appear to say what we expect users to -do- with it.
Both are important.

Is it "You'd better try this, because it's going in eventually.  If you
don't try it out before it becomes default behavior, you have no right to
complain"?

And if people do complain, what are python-dev's options?
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