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ethan at stoneleaf Feb 28, 2012, 12:27 PM Views: 361 Permalink Backporting PEP 414 Here's what I know: We don't add features to bug-fix releases. u'' is considered a feature. By not backporting to 3.1 and 3.2 we are not easing the migration pains from 2.x. Here's what I don't know: Why is readding u'' a feature and not a bug? (Just had a thought about this -- because the removal of u'' is documented.) To take a different example: callable() had been removed from 3.0, and was added back in 3.2. callable() is not a big deal as you can roll your own quite easily -- and that is the huge difference: a user *cannot* add u'' back to 3.0/3.1 (at least, not without modifying and rebuilding the Python interpreter source). If there is already a FAQ entry feel free to point me to it, but I would still be curious why, in this instance, practicality does not beat purity? My apologies if this type of question has been rehashed before. ~Ethan~ _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev [at] python http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/list-python-dev%40lists.gossamer-threads.com

Subject User Time Backporting PEP 414 ethan at stoneleaf Feb 28, 2012, 12:27 PM     Re: Backporting PEP 414 benjamin at python Feb 28, 2012, 12:54 PM     Re: Backporting PEP 414 brian at python Feb 28, 2012, 12:59 PM     Re: Backporting PEP 414 chrism at plope Feb 28, 2012, 1:23 PM         Re: Backporting PEP 414 solipsis at pitrou Feb 28, 2012, 1:33 PM     Re: Backporting PEP 414 barry at python Feb 28, 2012, 1:48 PM         Re: Backporting PEP 414 chrism at plope Feb 28, 2012, 2:17 PM             Re: Backporting PEP 414 ncoghlan at gmail Feb 28, 2012, 3:25 PM     Re: Backporting PEP 414 martin at v Feb 28, 2012, 4:13 PM     Re: Backporting PEP 414 vinay_sajip at yahoo Feb 28, 2012, 4:22 PM     Re: Backporting PEP 414 regebro at gmail Feb 28, 2012, 10:52 PM     Re: Backporting PEP 414 devel at baptiste-carvello Feb 29, 2012, 12:59 AM     Re: Backporting PEP 414 ironfroggy at gmail Feb 29, 2012, 2:06 PM     Re: Backporting PEP 414 rdmurray at bitdance Feb 29, 2012, 2:43 PM     Re: Backporting PEP 414 martin at v Feb 29, 2012, 3:02 PM         Re: Backporting PEP 414 tjreedy at udel Feb 29, 2012, 5:21 PM

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