[Python-Dev] Draft PEP: Deprecate codecs.StreamReader and codecs.StreamWriter

Victor Stinner victor.stinner at haypocalc.com
Thu Jul 7 20:43:51 CEST 2011


Le 07/07/2011 19:33, Terry Reedy a écrit :
> On 7/7/2011 7:28 AM, Antoine Pitrou wrote:
>
>> The main point of the PEP, IMO, is actually the deprecation itself. By
>> deprecating, we signal that something isn't actively maintained
>> anymore, and that a (allegedly better) alternative is available.
>> I think that's a very reasonable thing to do, regardless of whether or
>> not the "thing" actually gets removed in a later version.
>
> Yes, the final decision could be deprecate now, remove in 4.0, as 
> happened during the 2.x series.

Python 4? Are you serious?

Victor


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