On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 9:37 AM, "Martin v. Löwis" <mar...@v.loewis.de> wrote: > (and no, adding things like nonlocal to 2.7 doesn't making porting of > a real application or library any easier, since the existing application > or library simply doesn't use that keyword.
Agreed. > In fact, no change to 2.x > can reasonably simplify porting - only changes to 3.x might - except > for changes to 2to3, which can simplify porting a lot. But 2to3 should > be run under 3.x, IMO.) Disagreed. Better "-3" warnings could make porting easier. (Not just more warnings -- "better" might mean fewer false positives for warnings already issued.) FWIW, it doesn't sound like killing 2.7 is a productive thing to do. However making 2.7 the end of the line (though with indefinite bugfix releases) might be. (Indefinite != infinite.) -- --Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido) _______________________________________________ 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