I understand it's an inner joke that's meant to stay (just like “from __future__ import braces”), but what exactly does it do?
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It's related to PEP 0401: BDFL Retirement
Barry refers to Barry Warsaw, a well-known Python developer. The from __future__ import barry_as_FLUFL basically disables != syntax.
Lie Ryan
2010-10-24 06:42:33
Thank you. I edited your answer because it had an obvious misteak :)
ΤΖΩΤΖΙΟΥ
2010-10-24 06:59:52
More importantly, it enables `<>` syntax in Python 3.
S.Lott
2010-10-24 13:02:01