On 24/06/2011 15:55, R. David Murray wrote:
On Fri, 24 Jun 2011 10:52:40 +0200, Mark Dickinson<dicki...@gmail.com> wrote:
EuroPython 2011 Language Summit
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Unicode character classes is a particular need). [Subtopic: what needs
to be done to get the new regex module into Python? Should it replace
the existing module? What about backwards compatibility issues?]
I'm pretty sure regex has backward compatibility as a goal for just this
reason (so it can replace the current module).
The new regex library has some great improvements:
http://bugs.python.org/issue2636
It also has users and committed maintainers, so I hope we can bring it
into 3.3. It wasn't easy to tell from skimming the change notes that
Unicode character classes are amongst the new features. Is that the case?
Michael
PEP 0380: Syntax for delegating to a subgenerator.
PEP 3150: Statement local namespaces.
PEP 3152: Cofunctions.
For all three of the above PEPs, there was some feeling that additional syntax
changes to the language are unnecessary and make it harder to learn; where
possible, we should prefer using 3rd partly libraries.
I disagree with this with respect to 380. Haven't looked at the others.
Python 2.7
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How long will this be maintained?
Original decision was 5 years.
As I recall, the actual decision was "at *least* 5 years". It's only
been one so far...was the discussion that five years was too short or
too long?
As the code bases continue to drift apart, and we fix the fixable bugs,
the number of patches going in to 2.7 will decrease over time, so I
don't think the burden of continuing to support it will be too heavy.
Currently about half of the non-feature-request issues (ie: bugs) in
the tracker are tagged 2.7. I expect to see that percentage continue
to decrease over time.
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