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Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2012 23:44:54 +1000
Subject: Re: Why has python3 been created as a seperate language where there is still python2.7 ?
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On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 11:15 PM, Christian Tismer <tismer@stackless.com> w=
rote:
> So what I would have done is to let it work in an imperfect way. People
> then have the chance to rewrite with the print function, where it makes
> sense. But old packages which need to be changed, only because they
> have lots of
>
> =A0 =A0if DEBUG:
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0print xxx, yyy, ...
>
> could just stay unchanged or migrated later after the real meat has
> been properly tested etc.

Far as I can tell, these sorts of things ought all to be handled by
2to3. No problem once you're looking at migrating.

ChrisA