As long as we don't require extension module authors to use them -- they may have their own compatibility requirements.
On Sat, Jun 4, 2016 at 11:50 AM, Christian Heimes <christ...@python.org> wrote: > On 2016-06-04 10:47, Guido van Rossum wrote: >> Funny. Just two weeks ago I was helping someone who discovered a >> compiler that doesn't support the new relaxed variable declaration >> rules. I think it was on Windows. Maybe this move is a little too >> aggressively deprecating older Windows compilers? > > Yes, it's not support in VS 2012 and 2008 for Python 3.4 and older. New > C99 features are available in VS 2013, > https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/vcblog/2013/06/28/c1114-stl-features-fixes-and-breaking-changes-in-vs-2013/ > > > Python 3.5+ requires VS 2015 anyway. Traditionally we tried to keep > backwards compatibility with older compiler versions. The new features > are tempting enough to deprecate compiler versions that have been > released more than five years ago. > > Christian -- --Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido) _______________________________________________ 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
