On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 6:03 PM, Michael Foord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Collin Winter wrote: >> >> On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 6:58 AM, Ben Finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >>> >>> Backwards Compatibility >>> ======================= >>> >>> The names to be obsoleted should be deprecated and removed according >>> to the schedule for modules in PEP 4 [#PEP-4]_. >>> >>> While deprecated, use of the deprecated attributes should raise a >>> ``DeprecationWarning``, with a message stating which replacement name >>> should be used. >>> >> >> Is any provision being made for a 2to3 fixer/otherwise-automated >> transition for the changes you propose here? >> > > As the deprecation is intended for 2.X and 3.X - is 2to3 fixer needed?
IMO some kind of automated transition tool is needed -- anyone who has the time to convert their codebase by hand (for some definition of "by hand" that involves sed) doesn't have enough to do. Collin _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
