Re: The potential for a Python 2.8.

2014-01-24 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2014-01-25, Roy Smith wrote: > In article , > Grant Edwards wrote: > >> On 2014-01-24, Roy Smith wrote: >> > In article , >> > Chris Angelico wrote: >> > >> >> On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 1:22 PM, Roy Smith wrote: >> >> >> Python 2.8j? >> >> > >> >> > You're imagining things. >> >> >> >> Get

Re: The potential for a Python 2.8.

2014-01-24 Thread Tim Chase
On 2014-01-24 19:56, Roy Smith wrote: > In article , > Grant Edwards wrote: > > > On 2014-01-24, Roy Smith wrote: > > > In article > > > , Chris > > > Angelico wrote: > > > > > >> On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 1:22 PM, Roy Smith > > >> wrote: > > >> >> Python 2.8j? > > >> > > > >> > You're imaginin

Re: The potential for a Python 2.8.

2014-01-24 Thread Roy Smith
In article , Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2014-01-24, Roy Smith wrote: > > In article , > > Chris Angelico wrote: > > > >> On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 1:22 PM, Roy Smith wrote: > >> >> Python 2.8j? > >> > > >> > You're imagining things. > >> > >> Get real... s'not gonna happen. > >> > > I wouldn'

Re: The potential for a Python 2.8.

2014-01-24 Thread Chris Angelico
On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 4:17 AM, Terry Reedy wrote: > In this case, the explanation is as funny as the joke. I have to agree. But hey, it passes the time... ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: The potential for a Python 2.8.

2014-01-24 Thread Terry Reedy
On 1/24/2014 10:57 AM, Chris Angelico wrote: On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 2:36 AM, Grant Edwards wrote: On 2014-01-24, Roy Smith wrote: In article , Chris Angelico wrote: On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 1:22 PM, Roy Smith wrote: Python 2.8j? You're imagining things. Get real... s'not gonna happ

Re: The potential for a Python 2.8.

2014-01-24 Thread Chris Angelico
On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 2:36 AM, Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2014-01-24, Roy Smith wrote: >> In article , >> Chris Angelico wrote: >> >>> On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 1:22 PM, Roy Smith wrote: >>> >> Python 2.8j? >>> > >>> > You're imagining things. >>> >>> Get real... s'not gonna happen. >>> >> I wo

Re: The potential for a Python 2.8.

2014-01-24 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2014-01-24, Roy Smith wrote: > In article , > Chris Angelico wrote: > >> On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 1:22 PM, Roy Smith wrote: >> >> Python 2.8j? >> > >> > You're imagining things. >> >> Get real... s'not gonna happen. >> > I wouldn't bet on that. The situation keeps getting tensor and > tens

Re: The potential for a Python 2.8.

2014-01-24 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 24/01/2014 09:33, wxjmfa...@gmail.com wrote: [double spacing snipped for the 10**infinity time] Le vendredi 24 janvier 2014 01:42:41 UTC+1, Terry Reedy a écrit : This will never happen. Python 3 is the escape from several dead-ends in Python 2. The biggest in impact is the use of un-accente

Re: The potential for a Python 2.8.

2014-01-24 Thread wxjmfauth
Le vendredi 24 janvier 2014 01:42:41 UTC+1, Terry Reedy a écrit : > > > > This will never happen. Python 3 is the escape from several dead-ends in > > Python 2. The biggest in impact is the use of un-accented latin chars as > > text in a global, unicode world. > > > Three days of discuss

Re: The potential for a Python 2.8.

2014-01-23 Thread Chris Angelico
On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 1:34 PM, Roy Smith wrote: > In article , > Chris Angelico wrote: > >> On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 1:22 PM, Roy Smith wrote: >> >> Python 2.8j? >> > >> > You're imagining things. >> >> Get real... s'not gonna happen. >> > I wouldn't bet on that. The situation keeps getting t

Re: The potential for a Python 2.8.

2014-01-23 Thread Roy Smith
In article , Chris Angelico wrote: > On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 1:22 PM, Roy Smith wrote: > >> Python 2.8j? > > > > You're imagining things. > > Get real... s'not gonna happen. > I wouldn't bet on that. The situation keeps getting tensor and tensor. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/

Re: The potential for a Python 2.8.

2014-01-23 Thread Chris Angelico
On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 1:22 PM, Roy Smith wrote: >> Python 2.8j? > > You're imagining things. Get real... s'not gonna happen. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: The potential for a Python 2.8.

2014-01-23 Thread Roy Smith
In article , MRAB wrote: > On 2014-01-24 01:00, Chris Angelico wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 11:42 AM, Terry Reedy wrote: > >> Burying 'Python 2.8' was the purpose of PEP 404. It is kind of bizarre. > >> Developers informally said 'No 2.8'. People would not believe that. So > >> developers

Re: The potential for a Python 2.8.

2014-01-23 Thread MRAB
On 2014-01-24 01:00, Chris Angelico wrote: On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 11:42 AM, Terry Reedy wrote: Burying 'Python 2.8' was the purpose of PEP 404. It is kind of bizarre. Developers informally said 'No 2.8'. People would not believe that. So developers formally said 'No 2.8'. They even inverted th

Re: The potential for a Python 2.8.

2014-01-23 Thread Chris Angelico
On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 12:11 PM, Terry Reedy wrote: > On 1/23/2014 8:00 PM, Chris Angelico wrote: > >> The noise asking for a 2.8 isn't going to die down any time soon. > > I suspect you meant "isn't going to die completely" Sorry, yeah. "die off" is the expression I should have used. Presumably

Re: The potential for a Python 2.8.

2014-01-23 Thread Terry Reedy
On 1/23/2014 8:00 PM, Chris Angelico wrote: The noise asking for a 2.8 isn't going to die down any time soon. I suspect you meant "isn't going to die completely" It'll flare up again every time there's a significant event in the 2.7's end of life: when it goes into source-only support, when

Re: The potential for a Python 2.8.

2014-01-23 Thread Chris Angelico
On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 11:42 AM, Terry Reedy wrote: > Burying 'Python 2.8' was the purpose of PEP 404. It is kind of bizarre. > Developers informally said 'No 2.8'. People would not believe that. So > developers formally said 'No 2.8'. They even inverted the purpose of PEP to > make the formal an

Re: The potential for a Python 2.8.

2014-01-23 Thread Terry Reedy
On 1/23/2014 4:57 PM, Mark Lawrence wrote: http://regebro.wordpress.com/2014/01/23/the-potential-for-a-python-2-8/ I pretty much agree with the author. Except for one paragraph, which I consider a disservice to readers. "Does that mean a Python 2.8 can not happen? No, it can. If the Python "c