The naming is odd, because the syntax hasn't changed, only the semantics of some operators have changed. An example of syntactic sugar is list comprehensions.

The naming is odd, because the syntax hasn't changed, only the semantics of some operators have changed. An example of syntactic sugar is list comprehensions. It's a new syntax for expressions using map, filter, etc. It's "new" syntax for something that can be described in terms of the "old" syntax without altering the semantics. Given the name, I was expecting some kind of macro system or hacks to the Python parser.