Could PyTorch use language editions to remove old footguns?

Breaking default changes are hard in mature frameworks, and edition-style opt-ins could let PyTorch batch safety improvements without fragmenting the ecosystem

One of the reasons some footguns in PyTorch persist is because it would be BC-breaking to change the defaults. I'm kind of wondering if something like language editions (similar to C++20) could help us batch defaults updates and make them m

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