What does the PEP's status and structure mean?

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What is the PEP status' structure and mean?

These days, I try to write a python2.7 interpreter.

But, I don't know why comparison operator <> arise in python 2.7. (It was not in python 3.0) Figure out it was in the PEP401. The official declarations is for future compatibility (import from future or somewhat)

Something confusing me is that the status was April Fool!

April Fool?

Ref:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Fools%27_Day – Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams Mar 19 '12 at 02:35 — Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams, Mar 19 '12 at 02:35

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 19 '12 at 02:29

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The linked PEP is, as the status suggests, an April Fool's joke; it is not a real PEP.

There is no distinct <> operator; however, in Python 2, the interpreter will read <> as a synonym for !=. In Python 3, <> is a syntax error.

answered Mar 19 '12 at 02:29

Taymon

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Notes: The PEP's number is 401, i.e. 4/01 or April 1st (April Fools' Day); the PEP states that GvR is stepping down, which makes no sense and wouldn't be announced via a PEP anyway; the new title given to him would be pronounced "bedevil" and is thus obviously facetious (not to mention the bit about climbing Mount Everest); claims that CPython will not support 2.7 (patently false); there are in-jokes about the Parrot virtual machine and the "non-existent" Python Secret Underground (possibly a throw-back to "TINC" on USENET). – Karl Knechtel Mar 19 '12 at 02:53
It's a little bit hard for a Chinese to understand well. :) – chao787 Mar 23 '12 at 08:40

What does the PEP's status and structure mean?

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