On Tue, 28 Feb 2012 16:23:40 -0500 Chris McDonough <chr...@plope.com> wrote: > On Tue, 2012-02-28 at 15:54 -0500, Benjamin Peterson wrote: > > 2012/2/28 Ethan Furman <et...@stoneleaf.us>: > > > Here's what I know: > > > > > > We don't add features to bug-fix releases. > > > u'' is considered a feature. > > > By not backporting to 3.1 and 3.2 we are not easing the migration pains > > > from > > > 2.x. > > > > > > > > > Here's what I don't know: > > > > > > Why is readding u'' a feature and not a bug? (Just had a thought about > > > this > > > -- because the removal of u'' is documented.) > > > > Because it's a new "thing" which doesn't fix obviously broken behavior. > > > > > > > > > > > If there is already a FAQ entry feel free to point me to it, but I would > > > still be curious why, in this instance, practicality does not beat purity? > > > > Because it's practical not to break bugfix releases with new features. > > This change, by its nature, cannot break old programs.
Unless the implementation is buggy, or has unintended side-effects. In theory, *most* changes done in feature releases cannot break old programs. Reality is often a bit more surprising :) Regards Antoine. _______________________________________________ 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
