[Python-Dev] PEP 414

[Armin Ronacher]

Hi,

On 2/26/12 12:34 PM, Ned Batchelder wrote:
> There are already __future__ imports that violate this principle:  from 
> __future__ import division.  That doesn't mean I'm in favor of this new 
> __future__, just keeping a wide angle on the viewfinder.
That's actually mentioned in the PEP :-)

> A quick poll on Twitter about the use of the division future import
> supported my suspicions that people opt out of behaviour-changing
> future imports because they are a maintenance burden. Every time you
> review code you have to check the top of the file to see if the
> behaviour was changed.


Regards,
Armin