On Sun, 25 Mar 2018 21:50:27 +0200, Peter J. Holzer wrote: > On 2018-03-25 14:49:44 +0000, Steven D'Aprano wrote: >> The moniker "Python X-thousand" (Python 3000, 4000, 5000...) is usually >> understood to mean a backwards-compatibility breaking version. Since >> Python 4 will *not* be such a version, what you are calling 4000 is >> better called "5000". > > If Python 4.0 will "merely be the release that comes after Python 3.9", > as Nick Coghlan writes in > https://opensource.com/life/14/9/why-python-4-wont-be-python-3, why will > it be called 4.0 and not 3.10? Just to avoid two-digit minor numbers?
Yes. -- Steve -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
