Re: [Python-Dev] How to stay almost backwards compatible with all these new cool features

On Sat, Nov 19, 2005, Gregory Petrosyan wrote: > > Here's some of my ideas about subject. Maybe some of them are rather > foolish, others -- rather simple and common... I just want to add my 2 > cents to Python development. This message was more appropriate for comp.lang.python; most of what you t

[Python-Dev] How to stay almost backwards compatible with all these new cool features

Here's some of my ideas about subject. Maybe some of them are rather foolish, others -- rather simple and common... I just want to add my 2 cents to Python development. 1) What is the reason for making Python backwards incompatible (let it be just 'BIC', and let 'BC' stands for 'backwards compatib