Accessing parent objects

[Peter J. Holzer]

On 2018-03-25 14:49:44 +0000, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> The moniker "Python X-thousand" (Python 3000, 4000, 5000...) is usually 
> understood to mean a backwards-compatibility breaking version. Since 
> Python 4 will *not* be such a version, what you are calling 4000 is 
> better called "5000".

If Python 4.0 will "merely be the release that comes after Python
3.9", as Nick Coghlan writes in
https://opensource.com/life/14/9/why-python-4-wont-be-python-3, why will
it be called 4.0 and not 3.10? Just to avoid two-digit minor numbers?

        hp

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