Actually after all the -1 responses I wasn't going to reconsider this for 2.x; maybe for py3k. Most of the -1 votes were unconditional; only a few respondents thought that I was proposing it for 2.5. --Guido On 4/29/06, Thomas Wouters <thomas at python.org> wrote: >>> On 4/29/06, Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote: > > So the relatively non-controversial bit (improving the error reporting) > was > > added immediately, and the controversial bit postponed to see if the > better > > error reporting had any effect on the demand for it. >>> This is exactly how I intended it, and I believe that's Guido's desire, too. > Otherwise, he would've asked me to make the warning a FutureWarning, > instead. (Which could of course still happen.) >> -- > Thomas Wouters <thomas at python.org> >> Hi! I'm a .signature virus! copy me into your .signature file to help me > spread! > _______________________________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list > Python-Dev at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev > Unsubscribe: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/guido%40python.org >>> -- --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)