[Python-checkins] CVS: python/nondist/peps pep-0236.txt,1.2,1.3

[Tim Peters]

Update of /cvsroot/python/python/nondist/peps
In directory usw-pr-cvs1:/tmp/cvs-serv2659/python/nondist/peps

Modified Files:
	pep-0236.txt 
Log Message:
New Q&A about why we're not introducing an entirely new statement.


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          different audience.
  
+      Q: Overloading "import" sucks.  Why not introduce a new statement for
+         this?
+ 
+      A: Like maybe "lambda lambda nested_scopes"?  That is, unless we
+         introduce a new keyword, we can't introduce an entirely new
+         statement.  But if we introduce a new keyword, that in itself
+         would break old code.  That would be too ironic to bear.  Yes,
+         overloading "import" does suck, but not as energeticallly as the
+         alternatives -- as is, future_statements are 100% backward
+         compatible.
+ 
  
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