Re: [Python-ideas] keywords and backward compatibility

2018-05-13 Thread Chris Angelico
On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 2:08 AM, Barry Scott wrote: > There seems to be a recurring theme of ideas wanting a new keyword > but not being able to have one because of backwards compatibility. > > What if I have a way to ask for the new keyword? Would that make it > easier to

[Python-ideas] keywords and backward compatibility

2018-05-13 Thread Barry Scott
There seems to be a recurring theme of ideas wanting a new keyword but not being able to have one because of backwards compatibility. What if I have a way to ask for the new keyword? Would that make it easier to accept and implement some of the new ideas? The "given" keyword for example could be