On Sat, Jul 30, 2005, Brett Cannon wrote: > > My view of Python 3.0 was that backwards-compatibility would not be a > gimme in anyway. I personally am willing to break stuff in the name > of clarity, which is the point of this whole endeavour. While I am > willing to back off on some the proposed changes, I do think the basic > spirit of it is correct.
My take is that for Python 3.0, backwards compatibility is no longer a critical priority -- but any breakage still needs to be argued for and balanced. We want to avoid unnecessary breakage. -- Aahz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ The way to build large Python applications is to componentize and loosely-couple the hell out of everything. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
