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Re:Python 3.6.0 released by kbutler on Friday December 23, 2016 @01:31PM (#13246387)
> 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.

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Re:Python 3.6.0 released by ghshephard on Friday December 23, 2016 @04:24PM (#13247294)
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.
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