[issue13384] Unnecessary __future__ import in random module

Brian Curtin added the comment: This went over a year without a request to undo it, and we've since made several releases that includes it, so I'm closing this. Please re-open if it does need to be reverted. -- status: open -> closed ___ Python trac

[issue13384] Unnecessary __future__ import in random module

Ezio Melotti added the comment: AFAIK on 2.x there are a few modules that are supposed to work even with older version of Python (I think I even saw one that is supposed to still be compatible with Python 1.5). I don't think this is the case for Python 3 though. -- nosy: +ezio.melotti

[issue13384] Unnecessary __future__ import in random module

Raymond Hettinger added the comment: At one point, for 2.x at least, we weren't removing the "from __future__" imports even after the feature became available. -- ___ Python tracker __

[issue13384] Unnecessary __future__ import in random module

Benjamin Peterson added the comment: Things won't ever be removed from the __future__ module, but there's no harm in removing ones with no effect. -- nosy: +benjamin.peterson ___ Python tracker __

[issue13384] Unnecessary __future__ import in random module

Brian Curtin added the comment: That's news to me since it probably pre-dates my involvement around here. I'll revert if that's correct. -- ___ Python tracker ___ _

[issue13384] Unnecessary __future__ import in random module

Raymond Hettinger added the comment: I thought we had a policy that future imports would never be removed. -- nosy: +rhettinger status: closed -> open ___ Python tracker ___ ___

[issue13384] Unnecessary __future__ import in random module

Changes by Brian Curtin : -- assignee: -> brian.curtin nosy: +brian.curtin resolution: -> fixed stage: -> committed/rejected status: open -> closed type: -> behavior versions: -Python 3.4 ___ Python tracker __

[issue13384] Unnecessary __future__ import in random module

Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset 3fdc5a75d6e1 by Brian Curtin in branch '3.2': Fix #13384. Remove __future__ import in 3.x code. http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/3fdc5a75d6e1 -- nosy: +python-dev ___ Python tracker

[issue13384] Unnecessary __future__ import in random module

New submission from Robert Xiao : Lib/random.py in Python 3.2 contains the line from __future__ import division even though it is no longer necessary, as true float division is the default in Python 3. Trivial patch: --- lib/python3.2/random.py 2011-09-03 20:32:05.0 -0400 +++ lib