On Dec 4, 3:44 am, James Stroud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You probably aren't a developer for the cPython implementation, but, if > you were, I'd recommend taking rants like Warren's to heart because they > are born of honest frustration and practical concern. Hopefully > developers for python 2.7 are listening and won't break backward > compatibility just because the "Zen of Python" suggests it might be a > good idea.
I think they should. Python didn't get to where it is by being bogged down with obsolesence. It has grown and grown in popularity in spite of (and, I would say, in part because of) a history of backward- incompatible changes with every major release. It's not like Python has ignored the users; it's been very careful and considerate when making backwards-incompatible change. This change was planned for eight freaking years. Carl Banks -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
