On Sat, Jul 01, 2017 at 12:45:51AM +0200, Björn Persson wrote: > Adam Williamson wrote: > > Clearly what I meant was "any future non-backwards-compatible major > > Python release". Maybe *right now* you don't expect there to be one, > > but I'm sure there was probably a point during Python 1's lifetime at > > which no-one expected there to be a backwards-incompatible Python 2, > > and a point during Python 2's lifetime at which no-one expected there > > to be a backwards-incompatible Python 3... > > Spot on. > > There is a Swedish proverb. I don't know whether an English version > exists, but in translation it is: One time is no time; two times is a > habit. Since the Python API has been broken twice, we can expect that > it will be broken again. "Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me"? But in this case both parties are one and the same, so "Fool myself once, shame on me; fool myself twice, shame on me again" which does not come quite as well ;P Zbyszek _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
