[Python-Dev] Those import related syntax errors again...

[Fredrik Lundh]

Jeremy Hylton wrote:
> I don't recall seeing any substanital discussion of this PEP on
> python-dev or python-list, nor do I recall a BDFL decision on the
> PEP.  There has been lots of discussion about backwards compatibility,
> but not much consensus.

Really?  If that's the case, maybe someone should move it
to the "future" or "pie-in-the-sky" section, and mark it as
"draft" instead of "active"?

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...and if stepwise deprecation isn't that important, why
did a certain BDFL bother to implement a warning frame-
work for 2.1?

    http://python.sourceforge.net/peps/pep-0230.html

Looks like the perfect tool for this task.  Why not use it?

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Is it time to shut down python-dev?  (yes, I'm serious)

Annoyed /F