Python3k extended grammar

[Paul Prescod]

Manus Hand wrote:
> 
> ...
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> It was with a large degree of alarm that I read that "the language
> (Py3K) will be somewhat incompatible."  There didn't seem to be
> anyplace at python.org that explains this any further.  Maybe it has
> been rehashed before, but could the scope of Py3K be spelled out
> for those of us who fear it?

There is no predefined scope. Your only hope is faith in Guido.
Seriously.

> Things like talk about having to declare variables and their
> types and having to specify function return types scare
> me.  

Nobody has, as far as I know, ever spoken about having to declare
variable types in Python. Many, many people have asked to be *allowed*
to declare variables in Python. There is a big difference.

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