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While this might be about my most unpopular opinion, it feels like it is time to start putting together a Python 4.0. I don't particularly have skin in the game

While this might be about my most unpopular opinion, it feels like it is time to start putting together a Python 4.0. I don't particularly have skin in the game but there is(?) enough meat on the bone around things like improving the GIL status quo, JIT compiling, static typing, and presumably etc. to be worth a breaking change.

JonChesterfield 4y ago
That's definitely an unpopular opinion. The 2 to 3 change caused a lot of pain. I can't see the python community attempting that again.
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codexb 4y ago
The GIL is already set to be optionally removable via a compile-time flag in an upcoming release. That's about as meaty a change as you can get, and it's still not going to require a 4.x release.
adamj9431 4y ago
Maybe string can be ebcdic this time around?