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diff --git a/Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst b/Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst index 8d17383..ef9a5f0 100644 --- a/Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst +++ b/Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst @@ -853,12 +853,15 @@ can appear before a future statement are: * blank lines, and * other future statements. -.. XXX change this if future is cleaned out - -The features recognized by Python 3.0 are ``absolute_import``, ``division``, -``generators``, ``unicode_literals``, ``print_function``, ``nested_scopes`` and -``with_statement``. They are all redundant because they are always enabled, and -only kept for backwards compatibility. +The only feature in Python 3.7 that requires using the future statement is +``annotations``. + +All historical features enabled by the future statement are still recognized +by Python 3. The list includes ``absolute_import``, ``division``, +``generators``, ``generator_stop``, ``unicode_literals``, +``print_function``, ``nested_scopes`` and ``with_statement``. They are +all redundant because they are always enabled, and only kept for +backwards compatibility. A future statement is recognized and treated specially at compile time: Changes to the semantics of core constructs are often implemented by generating |