2.6 is no longer in the future

[jimjjewett]

BPO	13820
Nosy	@terryjreedy, @JimJJewett

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title = '2.6 is no longer in the future'
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[jimjjewett]

http://docs.python.org/reference/lexical_analysis.html

Changed in version 2.5: Both as and with are only recognized when the with_statement future feature has been enabled. It will always be enabled in Python 2.6. See section The with statement for details. Note that using as and with as identifiers will always issue a warning, even when the with_statement future directive is not in effect.

That was reasonable wording for 2.5 itself, but at this point, I think it would be simpler to add a Changed in version 2.6 entry. Perhaps:

Changed in version 2.5: Using as or with as identifiers triggers a warning. Using them as statements requires the with_statement future feature.
Changed in Python 2.6: as and with became full keywords.

[python-dev]

New changeset c84b39c18963 by Terry Jan Reedy in branch '2.7':
bpo-13820 as and with really became keywords in 2.6.
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/c84b39c18963

[terryjreedy]

I verified that 'as' and 'with' are in the 2.6 keyword.kwlist.
http://svn.python.org/projects/python/branches/release26-maint/Lib/keyword.py. I verified that they work as keywords in 2.7.
http://svn.python.org/projects/python/branches/release26-maint/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst
says with is always enabled in 2.6.

I fixed whitespace error in 74551 (117d58fc6e8d)