Python 3.8.0a1 is now available for testing

Re:Python 3.8.0a1 is now available for testing by yyyymmddhhmmss on Monday February 04, 2019 @12:07PM (#19078089)

I am already disappointed in post-Guido Python. Although the walrus operator makes enough sense to me, it doesn’t solve anything that I consider a problem so I can’t reason that it was worth going against so much pushback.

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Re:Python 3.8.0a1 is now available for testing by gjm11 on Monday February 04, 2019 @12:54PM (#19078680)

Whatever else the walrus operator is, it isn't "post-Guido Python". Guido was one of the authors of PEP 572, pushed for its acceptance, and was still BDFL when it was officially accepted into Python (by Guido).

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Re:Python 3.8.0a1 is now available for testing by JeremyBanks on Monday February 04, 2019 @01:52PM (#19079378)

You have causality backwards. The vitriolic backlash to this change is part of why Guido stepped back from Python...

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Re:Python 3.8.0a1 is now available for testing by mjw1007 on Monday February 04, 2019 @02:33PM (#19079815)

Note Guido hasn't left Python. He just didn't want to be the sole final-decision-maker any more.

(In fact he's just been elected to the five-member council that has taken over that role.)

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Re:Python 3.8.0a1 is now available for testing by JeremyBanks on Monday February 04, 2019 @02:36PM (#19079847)

Thanks, reworded.

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