> On Sep 11, 2015, at 1:57 PM, Brett Cannon <[email protected]> wrote: > > In order to facilitate writing code that works in both Python 2 & 3 > simultaneously, any module that exists in both Python 3.5 and > Python 2.7 will not be removed from the standard library until > Python 2.7 is no longer supported as specified by PEP 373. Exempted > from this rule is any module in the idlelib package as well as any > exceptions granted by the Python development team.
I think that reads nicely. It makes a clear contract with developers letting them know that we will avoid making their life unnecessarily difficult. Raymond _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com