On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 7:17 PM, Benjamin Peterson<benja...@python.org> wrote: [snip] > Backwards Compatibility Rules > ============================= > > This policy applys to all public APIs. These include the C-API, the standard > library, and the core language including syntax and operation as defined by > the > reference manual. > > This is the basic policy for backwards compatibility: > > * The behavior of an API *must* not change between any two consecutive > releases.
Is this intended to include performance changes? Clearly no-one will complain if things simply get faster, but I'm thinking about cases where, say, a function runs in half the time but uses double the memory (or vice versa). Collin _______________________________________________ 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
