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But I really miss "There should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious way to do it." (Conflict between improvement and backward compatibility, but I miss

• bbatha 10y ago
  The quote in context shows no conflict: In the face of ambiguity, refuse the temptation to guess. There should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious way to do it. Although that way may not be obvious at first unless you're Dutch. It pretty clear that if you support python 3.6 you should use `f` strings.
  • kbutler 10y ago
    > It pretty clear that if you support python 3.6 you should use `f` strings. And if you support any earlier version of python, you cannot use f strings. Hence, there is a conflict between improvement and backward compatibility.
    • ghshephard 10y ago
      But for new projects, where you can chose the version of Python you want, there is no requirement for "backwards compatibility" - it's not as though Python 3.6 isn't available for every platform that 3.5 was on.