On Mon Feb 23 2015 at 10:55:23 AM Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 2:44 AM, Guido van Rossum <gu...@python.org>
> wrote:
> > I think that's a bit too strong. This has been unquestionably valid,
> correct
> > Python -- it was an intentional feature from the start. It may not have
> > turned out great, but I think that before warning loudly about every
> > instance of this we should have a silent deprecation (which you can turn
> > into a visible warning with a command-line flag or a warnings filter).
> And
> > we should have agreement that we're eventually going to make it a syntax
> > error.
>
> Is it at all possible for this to be introduced in the 2.x line, or is
> the entire concept of a deprecation period one that has to start with
> a minor version?
>

Starts with a minor version.


>
> If it's never going to happen in 2.x, I'll raise this as yet another

reason to get the course and all our students migrated to 3.x, but on
> the flip side, it means that we absolutely can't get the benefit until
> that jump is made.
>

Never going to happen in 2.x..
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