PEP0238 lament

[Duncan Grisby]

In article <cpofqaova7.fsf at cj20424-a.reston1.va.home.com>,
 Guido van Rossum  <guido at python.org> wrote:

>If you agree that, if it weren't for breaking old code, PEP-238 would
>make Python a better language, what can we do about that old code?

I agree that PEP-238 would make Python a better language. But it's not
just about breaking old code -- as I've said a few times already, it's
also about making it very awkward to write _new_ code which must be
able to run on more than one version of Python.

Cheers,

Duncan.

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