On Sat, May 31, 2014 at 3:40 AM, Mark Roberts <wiz...@gmail.com> wrote: > What I'd really like to see is a Python 2.8 that makes sufficient changes to > Python 2 that writing libraries which cross the boundary between 2 and 3 is > relatively easy instead of a painful nightmarish chore. Because when push > comes to shove, Python 2 support is still infinitely more important than > Python 3.
That's of absolutely ZERO value to anyone who has to maintain support for Python 2.3 or even 2.7. Will this hypothetical 2.8 run, unchanged, all code written for 2.7? If not, all you've done is add a third branch to maintain, and solved nothing; and if it will, how much can you really change? ChrisA _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
