The change is that Python 2.7 is no longer supported (since 2020-01-01).

Victor

Le ven. 24 janv. 2020 à 09:19, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> a écrit :
>
> On Fri, Jan 24, 2020 at 7:05 PM Victor Stinner <vstin...@python.org> wrote:
> > We kept a compatibility layer with Python 2 on purpose, PEP 4 says:
> >
> > "In order to facilitate writing code that works in both Python 2 & 3
> > simultaneously, any module that exists in both Python 3.5 and Python
> > 2.7 will not be removed from the standard library until Python 2.7 is
> > no longer supported as specified by PEP 373."
> >
> > The rule was used since Python 3.0 until Python 3.8, but it changed in
> > Python 3.9 which includes many incompatible changes for the first time
> > in the Python 3 major version.
>
> I'm sorry, I don't understand what 'changed'. Isn't that rule exactly
> WHY 3.9 is the removal point? Python 2.7 is no longer supported, and
> its final post-support release is scheduled earlier than 3.9's first
> beta and feature freeze. Doesn't that mean that PEP 4 is being
> followed precisely? What have I misunderstood?
>
> ChrisA
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