On Sat, 2013-02-09 at 17:48 -0500, Gary Oberbrunner wrote: […] > What do we gain specifically by desupporting 2.6? Do things become easier? > I guess I like Jason's idea of trying for 2.6, but if we find anything > that's ugly or difficult or hurts performance or whatever, we drop 2.6 and > go for 2.7. But of course if you know of 2.6 issues already, then I'm fine > with 2.7.
Python 3 features are being backported to 2.7 as much as is feasible, but not to 2.6. Things like set comprehensions, dictionary comprehensions, lots of other interesting goodies. With statement and context managers are the crux of course, and some Python 2 libraries are not Python 3 compatible. Given that there will not be a Python 2.8 unless ice intrudes on Hell, Python 2.7 will have a weird status. Python 2.6 though undergoes the normal lifecycle, which means central support will decay fairly soon. -- Russel. ============================================================================= Dr Russel Winder t: +44 20 7585 2200 voip: sip:[email protected] 41 Buckmaster Road m: +44 7770 465 077 xmpp: [email protected] London SW11 1EN, UK w: www.russel.org.uk skype: russel_winder
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