Lol!
Thomas Heller | 06/08/31 - 7:37 am | #

>>> from __future__ import life
SyntaxError: future feature life is not defined
Peter | 06/08/31 - 10:39 am | #

Excellent !

And it even works with Python 2.5 on Vms, so the Vms port can be rated as quite good

Python 2.5b2 (trunk, Jul 25 2006, 22:12:00) [DECC] on OpenVMS
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> from __future__ import braces
File "", line 1
SyntaxError: not a chance
>>>

I always wonder how many gems like this one are hidden.

For Vms, see
http://groups.google.com/group/ c...68f970102d6d576

about
tcpip sh bug, which gave (no longer true)
%TCPIP-W-IFIONLYKNEW, If I could do that, Robert, you'd be out of a job


and tcpip sh crash, which gave

%TCPIP-I-THINKING, Thinking ...
%TCPIP-I-THINKING, Thinking ...
%TCPIP-I-THINKING, Thinking ...
%TCPIP-S-EUREKA, Solution: User error
Labadie | Homepage | 06/08/31 - 11:59 am | #

Also try "import __hello__"
Andrew Dalke | Homepage | 06/08/31 - 12:46 pm | #

Subversion says it was added in r19713 by jhylton on 2001-02-28 as "Improve SyntaxErrors for bad future statements". I see nothing else like it in future.c.
Andrew Dalke | Homepage | 06/08/31 - 12:51 pm | #