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		m463 on May 23, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: PEP 594 – Removing dead batteries from Python's st... You can hide them or mark them deprecated in such a way that new scripts don't see them, but old scripts still function.

uranusjr on May 23, 2019 [–]

How exactly do you distinguish new and old scripts? They are all just files from the interpreter’s perspective.

m463 on May 25, 2019 | [–]

that's a good question.

maybe you could make it explicit for new scripts?

    from __past__ import cruft

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