[Python-Dev] PEP 236: an alternative to the __future__ syntax

[Guido van Rossum]

Martin, this looks nice, but where's the patch?  (Not in the patch mgr.)

We're planning the b1 release for Friday -- in two days.  We need some
time for our code base to stabilize.

There's one downside to the "directive" syntax: other tools that parse
Python will have to be adapted.  The __future__ hack doesn't need
that.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)